The Oldest Profession may have been oldest religion
pros·ti·tute (pr s t -t t, -ty t ) n. 1. One who solicits and accepts payment for sex acts. 2. One who sells one's abilities, talent, or name for an unworthy purpose. When we usually think of the word, we most often picture a street walker (mainly female) searching her surrounding area for lonely, confused, or otherwise unfaithful men to trade sexual favors for cash. In reality, as we can see from one definition, the word actually means the service of promoting and selling ones ability, talents,... Sign in to see full entry.