Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A house of prostitution.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A wretch; a depraved person; a lewd man or woman.
- n. A house of lewdness; a house appropriated to the purposes of prostitution; a bawdy-house; a stew.
- To haunt brothels.
Wiktionary
- n. A house of prostitution.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a building where prostitutes are available
Etymologies
- An abbreviation of ‘brothel-house’, ultimately from Old English brēoþan ‘degrade, deteriorate’. (Wiktionary)
- Short for brothel-house, from Middle English brothel, prostitute, from brothen, past participle of brethen, to go to ruin, from Old English brēothan, to decay. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Your being caught in a raid on a brothel is an offense.”
“Wow, Americans think the government spending money like drunken sailors in a brothel is a bad idea?”
“WE GOT FAMILY VALUES … …. well a brothel is a family of sorts.”
Think Progress » Early Media Coverage of Goss’s Resignation Dances Around Cunningham Scandal
“To prevail, the government should have had to show the law was narrowly tailored to advance the government interest in reducing commercial sex — but since every brothel is licensed and tax by the state of Nevada, the state had the ability to advance that goal in many ways that did not implicate free speech.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution
“Do you think showing people how to set up a child brothel is acceptable?”
“Chesterton said, “Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.””
“The recession has taken its toll on a Berlin brothel's regular business, so the owner is targeting a new clientele.”
“The other, Poppy, the psychic madam of the brothel, is desperately in love with him, and she begins to sink into despair as he grows further and further away from her.”
“The brothel is a great example of how divide and conquer works to the advantage of the power structure.”
Cautionary Words from a Nevada brothel survivor::but still a sex worker activist « Bound, Not Gagged
“Then after you reconcile that, you need to take Rep. Frank to the woodshed for the same issue at a minimum; and keep in mind that running a brothel is not just unethical but flat out illegal!”
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