harlot
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (derogatory, offensive, dated) A female prostitute.Examples: "This day (great Duke) ſhe ſhut the doores vpon me, / While she with Harlots feaſted in my housſe."; "The bastard of a harlot, born in a brothel, suckled on gin, and familiar from earliest infancy with all the bestialities of debauch,[…]"; "Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce, / And dost not know the Garment from the Man. / Every Harlot was a Virgin once, / Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan."Synonyms: abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotchdatedderogatoryoffensive
2. (derogatory, offensive) A female who is considered promiscuous.Synonyms: skeezer, slut, whore, hussy, NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 304, alley cat, alleycatderogatoryoffensive
3. (obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.Examples: "By suche ydle and wicked harlottes the enheritaunce of Christe is troden vnder fote."; "When lust doth rage it like a canker frets; It topsie turvie, upside downe all sets;[…] Where once it reigneth, there it maketh sure, A man a harlot, and a wife a whoore;"; "[Take into your service] none but such as deny all ungod∣liness, and worldly lusts, and live soberly, chastely, and moderately in the Seas, and whose speech is not stinking, and unclean, as most Sea-mens are. What should you do with such Harlots in your service? which calls for holiness, and better principled men."Synonyms: rake, hussy, antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, blackguard, bounderobsolete
adj (English)
1. (now uncommon) Wanton; lewd; low; base.Examples: "The intellection in it, kiddo—the intellection.... That most harlot of harlots... talking of me, laughing at me... I'll kill her...."Synonyms: adult, bawdy, blue, cheeky, dirty, indecent, filthy, grossuncommon
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary