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whore noun [ hɔː ]

• a prostitute.
• a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

whore verb

• work as a prostitute.
• "she was forced to whore in order to support herself"
Origin: late Old English hōre, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoer and German Hure, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carus ‘dear’.

the Whore of Babylon

• an insulting name for the Roman Catholic Church.



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