English Explanatory Dictionary

whorehouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Brothel.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whorehouse.wav

Word forms

whorehouse whorehouses whore-house

Etymology

From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”).

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