whorehouse
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]whorehouse (plural whorehouses)
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:brothel
Hypernyms
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