Harlot
['hɑːlət] or ['hɑrlət]
Definition
(n.) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
(n.) A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.
(n.) A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.
(a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
(v. i.) To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Whore, STRUMPET.
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Definition
n. a woman who prostitutes her body for hire a whore.—adj. wanton: lewd.—n. Har′lotry prostitution unchastity: (obs.) a woman given to such: meretriciousness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being in the company of a harlot, denotes ill-chosen pleasures and trouble in your social circles, and business will suffer depression. If you marry one, life will be threatened by an enemy.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- She is the harlot, the actual harlot of adultery to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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