Definitions for brothel
ˈbrɒθ əl, ˈbrɒð-, ˈbrɔ θəl, -ðəlbroth·el

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting housenoun

   a building where prostitutes are available

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brothelnoun

   A house of prostitution.

2. Etymology: An abbreviation of ‘brothel-house’, ultimately from Old English brēoþan ‘degrade, deteriorate’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brothel, Brothelhousenoun

   A house of lewd entertainment; a bawdyhouse.

   Etymology: bordel, Fr.

   Perchance
   I saw him enter such a house of sale,
   Videlicet, a brothel. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Then courts of kings were held in high renown,
   Ere made the common brothels of the town:
   There, virgins honourable vows receiv’d,
   But chaste as maids in monasteries liv’d. John Dryden, W. of B.

   From its old ruins brothelhouses rise,
   Scenes of lewd loves, and of polluted joys. John Dryden, Mackfl.

   The libertine retires to the stews, and to the brothel. John Rogers.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brothel

   A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub parlours, studios, or by some other description. Sex work in a brothel is considered safer than street prostitution.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brothelnoun

   a house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse

FreebaseRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Brothel

   A brothel is a place where people may come to engage in sexual activity with a prostitute. Technically, any place where prostitution commonly takes place is a brothel, but in places where prostitution or the operation of brothels is illegal, establishments may attempt to disguise their involvement in prostitution by referring to the business as a massage parlor, a bar or a strip club. The operation of a brothel is legal in some jurisdictions and illegal or regulated in others. Laws regulating brothels vary considerably. These laws vary between countries as well as within countries, and have varied over time. In some jurisdictions, brothels are legal and regulated, while in others they are illegal. However, even in jurisdictions which regulate brothels, there are brothels which operate outside the officially approved system.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brothel

   broth′el, n. a house of ill-fame. [M. E. brothel—A. S. broð-en, ruined, bréðen, to go to ruin.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brothel in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brothel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of brothel in a Sentence

1. Robert Kraft:

   Usually the prostitute gets arrested or the person who's running the brothel, so this is an unusual approach, to round up the' johns.' You see it happening periodically in jurisdictions where there's a major prostitution problem and he just got caught in the net.

2. Proverb:

   He who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital.

3. Dave Aronberg:

   These cases arent about any one defendant or any group of defendants, the larger picture which we must all confront is the cold reality that many prostitutes in cases like this are themselves victims, often lured into this country with promises of a better life only to be forced to live and work in a sweatshop or a brothel, performing sex acts for strangers.

4. Gustave Flaubert:

   That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.

5. Ben Hecht:

   In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.

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