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harlot

[ hahr-luht ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.


harlot

/ ˈhɑːlət /

noun

  1. a prostitute or promiscuous woman


adjective

  1. archaic.
    of or like a harlot

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Derived Forms

  • ˈharlotry, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of harlot1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English: “young idler, rogue,” from Old French herlot, of obscure origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of harlot1

C13: from Old French herlot rascal, of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

The videos were cut and memed and paired with disinformation to paint Heard as a harlot, a drunk, a liar.

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Despite rumors spreading that his daughter is a harlot, Dill (Stanley Tucci) has complete and utter faith in her, no matter what.

Others branded 22-year-old Stewart a harlot and the death threats began rolling in.

Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.

Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

For she multiplied her fornications, remembering the days of her youth, in which she played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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