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A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. A
prostitute.Casual Usage
Some women enjoy the notoriety and thrill of being called, or labelling themselves, a whore. What they normally mean to convey is that they enjoy sexual looseness and freedom; they are highly sexed; they enjoy being seen as a sexually fulfilling woman and like to be 'used' by men (or perhaps just one man) for sexual gratification.
People using the word in this manner would not necessarily be happy if
money were paid for their use, though they may consider it their
dominant's right to hire them out.Etymology
The word itself has a complex history. The prototypic root appears to be
*k-, *€œto like, desire.*€ (hence the Dutch 'graag' meaning 'YES
PLEASE!'). The derived stem is *kro-, origin of thee prehistoric Common
Germanic word *hraz meaning *€œone who desires*€ (often
*€œadulterer.*€) The feminine of this, *hrn-, becomes hre in Old
English, a possible ancestor of Modern English 'whore'. On the other
hand, we have the Dutch 'huur' commonly meaning 'hire' as in 'te huur' -
'for rent' and seen on estate-agents signs all over Amsterdam. 'Salford
van hire' would be 'Zaalvoord auto huuren' in Dutch. Dutch sailors have
spread much of their language around the world ('gangplank', starbord',
'on-board', 'underway', 'scouse')See Also
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