meretrix
/ˈmɛrɪtrɪks/Now literary
noun
A prostitute.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Old English Martyrology. From classical Latin meretrīx from merēre to earn as pay, to earn money by prostitution + -trīx.
- cameralist
- cameralistic
- cameralistics
- camera lucida
- cameraman
- camera move
- camera movement
- camera obscura
- camera operator
- camerapeople
- cameraperson
- camera phone
- camera-ready
- camera-ready copy
- camera rehearsal
- camera script
- camera shake
- camera-shy
- camerastome
- camerata
- camerate
- camerated
- cameration
- camera tube
- camerawoman