whore
noun /hɔː(r)/
/hɔːr/
- (old-fashioned) a female prostitute
- (taboo) an offensive word used to refer to a woman who has sex with a lot of men
- You dirty little whore!
- You look like a common whore in that dress!
Word Originlate Old English hōre, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoer and German Hure, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carus ‘dear’.