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Whore   /hɔr/   Listen
Whore

noun
1.
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.  Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl.
verb
(past & past part. whored; pres. part. whoring)
1.
Work as a prostitute.
2.
Have unlawful sex with a whore.
3.
Compromise oneself for money or other gains.



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"Whore" Quotes from Famous Books



... loathsome aspect and foul with kitchen grease and grime. When he saw this the world waxed black before his sight and he said, "If such case happen while I am yet within sight of the city what will be the doings of this damned whore during my long absence at my brother's court?" So he drew his scymitar and, cutting the two in four pieces with a single blow, left them on the carpet and returned presently to his camp without letting anyone know of what ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton

... thee, thow filthie whore Of Babilon, thow breaker of Christ's fold, That from achorns, and from the water colde, Art riche become with making many poore. Thow treason's neste that in thie harte dost holde Of cankard malice, and of myschief more Than pen can wryte, or may with tongue be tolde, Slave to ...
— The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch • Petrarch

... stream of Red Creek Valley became more and more menacing. All this portion of the forest was on fare, and enormous wreaths of smoke rolled over the trees, whore trunks were ...
— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne

... To prove that they who damned us then Ought now in turn be damned again? The silent victim still to sit Of Grattan's fire and Canning's wit, To hear even noisy Mathew gabble on, Nor mention once the Whore of Babylon! Oh! 'tis too much—who now will be The Nightman of No-Popery? What Courtier, Saint or even Bishop Such learned filth will ever fish up? If there among our ranks be one To take my place, 'tis thou, Sir John; Thou who like me art dubbed Right ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... been look'd upon by all Mankind to have been a 20,000l. Man at least, hath died not worth Eighteen-pence; and then the poor Wretch has been worried to his Grave, with the Character of a private Whore-master or Gamester. ...
— The Tricks of the Town: or, Ways and Means of getting Money • John Thomson


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