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whore

noun [C]
 
 
/hɔːr/ US  /hɔːr/

Definition

old-fashioned a female prostitutePeople who sell sex or are promiscuous offensive a woman whose behaviour in her sexual relationships is considered immoralMorally wrong and evilDishonestPeople who sell sex or are promiscuous
(Definition of whore noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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