About The Word Harlot
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Harlot
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What's The Definition Of Harlot?
[n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Synonyms | Synonyms for Harlot: bawd | cocotte | cyprian | fancy woman | lady of pleasure | prostitute | sporting lady | tart | trollop | whore | woman of the street | working girl Related Terms | Find terms related to Harlot: bawd | B-girl | call girl | courtesan | Cyprian | daughter of joy | demimondaine | demimonde | demirep | drab | erring sister | fallen | fallen woman | fancy woman | fille de joie | hetaera | hooker | hustler | hustling | kept woman | meretricious | meretrix | on the | on the town | painted woman | Paphian | pave | poule | prostitute | prostituted | scarlet | scarlet woman | stew | streetwalker | streetwalking | unfortunate woman | white slave | whore | whorish See Also | adult female | call girl | camp follower | demimondaine | floozie | floozy | hooker | hustler | slattern | street girl | streetwalker | white slave | woman Harlot In Webster's Dictionary \Har"lot\, n. [OE. harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF.
harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It.
arlotto; of uncertain origin.]
1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low
birth. --[Obs.]
He was a gentle harlot and a kind. --Chaucer.
2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a
common woman; a strumpet.
\Har"lot\, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. --Shak. \Har"lot\, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. --Milton. |
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