prostitutorn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒstᵻtjuːtə/,

/ˈprɒstᵻtʃuːtə/, U.S.

/ˈprɑstəˌt(j)udər/

Forms: 1600s prostituter, 1600s– prostitutor.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prostitutor.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prostitutor pimp, procurer (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), person who profanes (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < prōstitūt- , past participial stem of prōstituere prostitute v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French prostitueur person who degrades, debases (1622), prostituteur person who prostitutes (1811).With the form prostituter compare -er suffix¹.

A person who prostitutes something (in various senses). Chiefly figurative: one who corrupts, degrades, or debases something (frequently with of).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > degrading by unworthy use > one who

prostitutor1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Abandonneur, an abandonner..giuer ouer, prostitutor of.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. viii. sig. Ll7^v Difference betwixt the Contentment of this calm admirer of Beauty, and that of a greedy and unconfin'd Prostituter of his Heart to it.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. Observ. 237 If (says that Author) Ulysses rejoiced at Penelope's art in drawing presents from the Suitors out of avarice, he discovers himself to be a sordid prostitutor of his wife.

1761 R. Hurd Let. to Warburton 18 Mar. (1809) 321 A reproof..of the Prostitutors of the Lord's Supper.

1792 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Papers (1990) XXIV. 358 I believe that, as far as I am known, it is not as..[a] prostitutor of it [sc. the republic] to the purposes of corruption, as the American represents me.

1850 J. C. Nott Let. 21 Nov. in Isis (1954) 45 231 I have little patience with prostitutors of science.

1896 Voice (N.Y.) 11 June 3/3 They believe they have facts sufficient..to put some of the prostitutors of the ballot behind the bars.

1932 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 24 Aug. 1/3 John B Chapple, regular Republican candidate..charged at Kenosha that John J. Blaine, his Progressive opponent, is a ‘vicious prostitutor of the ex-service men’.

1999 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 89 41 A similar scenario, in which the mother replaces the father as prostitutor, is imagined..in Lucian's dialogue between a mother and the daughter whom she has just made turn her first trick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prostitutor
释义	prostitutorn. Brit. /ˈprɒstᵻtjuːtə/, /ˈprɒstᵻtʃuːtə/, U.S. /ˈprɑstəˌt(j)udər/ Forms: 1600s prostituter, 1600s– prostitutor. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prostitutor. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prostitutor pimp, procurer (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), person who profanes (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < prōstitūt- , past participial stem of prōstituere prostitute v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French prostitueur person who degrades, debases (1622), prostituteur person who prostitutes (1811).With the form prostituter compare -er suffix¹. A person who prostitutes something (in various senses). Chiefly figurative: one who corrupts, degrades, or debases something (frequently with of). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > degrading by unworthy use > one who prostitutor1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Abandonneur, an abandonner..giuer ouer, prostitutor of. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. viii. sig. Ll7^v Difference betwixt the Contentment of this calm admirer of Beauty, and that of a greedy and unconfin'd Prostituter of his Heart to it. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. Observ. 237 If (says that Author) Ulysses rejoiced at Penelope's art in drawing presents from the Suitors out of avarice, he discovers himself to be a sordid prostitutor of his wife. 1761 R. Hurd Let. to Warburton 18 Mar. (1809) 321 A reproof..of the Prostitutors of the Lord's Supper. 1792 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Papers (1990) XXIV. 358 I believe that, as far as I am known, it is not as..[a] prostitutor of it [sc. the republic] to the purposes of corruption, as the American represents me. 1850 J. C. Nott Let. 21 Nov. in Isis (1954) 45 231 I have little patience with prostitutors of science. 1896 Voice (N.Y.) 11 June 3/3 They believe they have facts sufficient..to put some of the prostitutors of the ballot behind the bars. 1932 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 24 Aug. 1/3 John B Chapple, regular Republican candidate..charged at Kenosha that John J. Blaine, his Progressive opponent, is a ‘vicious prostitutor of the ex-service men’. 1999 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 89 41 A similar scenario, in which the mother replaces the father as prostitutor, is imagined..in Lucian's dialogue between a mother and the daughter whom she has just made turn her first trick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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