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harlot

noun
/ˈhɑːlət/UK/ˈhɑɹlət/US

Etymology

From Middle English harlot, from Old French harlot, herlot, arlot (“vagabond; tramp”), of obscure origin. Likely to be ultimately of Germanic origin, either from a derivation of *harjaz (“army; camp; warrior; military leader”) or from a diminutive of *karilaz (“man; fellow”). Compare English carlot.

  1. derived from harlot
  2. inherited from harlot

Definitions

  1. A female prostitute.

    • 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.

  2. A female who is considered promiscuous.

  3. A churl

    A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.

    • 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;
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To play the harlot

      To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.

      • […] they that spend their youth in loitering, bezzling, and harlotting, their studies in unprofitable questions, and barbarous sophistry

    2. Wanton

      Wanton; lewd; low; base.

      • The intellection in it, kiddo—the intellection.... That most harlot of harlots... talking of me, laughing at me... I'll kill her....

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA