Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROS'TI-TUTE
PROS'TI-TUTE, n.
- A female given to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet. – Dryden.
- A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. – Pope.
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