noun
1.
a woman who engages in unlawful or socially unacceptable sexual intercourse often for material gain
ply the trade of a harlot
Synonyms: blowen, courtesan, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, fancy woman, hetaera, kept woman, paphian, whore; compare doxy , mistress, prostitute , wanton
2.
Synonyms: prostitute , bawd, call girl, drab, fille de joie, ||hooker, hustler, meretrix, streetwalker, whore