Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A woman prostitute.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fellow; a varlet; a male servant: often used opprobriously. Compare varlet.
- n. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman.
- Pertaining to or like a harlot; wanton; lewd; low; base.
- To practise lewdness with harlots or as a harlot.
Wiktionary
- n. derogatory a female prostitute
- v. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
- n. obsolete 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.
- adj. Wanton; lewd; low; base.
- v. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Etymologies
- Middle English, vagabond, rogue, lecher, harlot, from Old French arlot, herlot, vagabond. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But as the harlot is mystical (the whole faithless Church), the burning may be mainly mystical, symbolizing utter destruction and removal.”
“As iniquity in the harlot is a leaven working in "mystery," and therefore called”
“The term harlot was applied indiscriminately to both sexes.] [Footnote 115: Names of spirits, like Robin Goodfellow in England, and”
“Enkidu is civilized by a harlot from the temple of the goddess Inanna.”
“You will be tempted to think of books as objects, not to be read, but to be possessed for show, and when that happens, you are easy prey to those booksellers who deal in harlot volumes, tricked out in pretty skins (which will not last becasue the leather is not well prepared) and bedizened with gold paint that used to be daubed on steam-heating coils.”
“If it [calling a woman a harlot] is directed to a specific person and especially in the presence of children or somebody's new husband, anybody could expect that that would elicit a violent response and that very likely would be considered fighting words under established constitutional doctrine," said Anderson, a former civil-rights attorney ...”
““Are you referring to the word harlot?” muttered the shopkeeper, flushing crimson and blinking.”
“ARBITER: ... particularly in one that, I never record Prince Philip ever using the word harlot or trollop in any of the correspondence.”
“This Prince was the son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, by one of his mistresses called Harlotte, from whom some think the word harlot is derived; however, as this amour seems odd, we shall entertain the reader with an account of it.”
A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses
“In this verse the harlot is presented before us ripe for judgment.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘harlot’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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Naked
Words relating to getting naked, being naked, the commonly naked, nakedness (partial or complete), and similar.
denude, strip, stripper, harlot, Cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, hooker, divest, unfrock, unclothe, disrobe and 115 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
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scoundrels and bastards
already several of these lists, but I wanted my own
varlet, scoundrel, ne'er-do-well, cad, thug, churl, boor, hooligan, bastard, slubberdegullion, dastard, tosspot and 85 more...
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the life of words that ar not well known
Anyone who has a strange word may put it here
ajanorgan, hackmatack, cafas, ar, war tourist, antediluvian, coruscate, arachibutyrophia, galactosemia, butt weight, harlot
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stuff i had to look up for english class
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young ...
These words are from Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady, 1747-48
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Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
Faust, erection, metropolitan, splendor, shabby, conservatives, cherished, inconvenient, clung, acoustics, coupe, scramble and 261 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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Dr. Jamieson on Human Nature
Unflattering Scots terms and nicknames for people and their perceived or imagined foibles, follies, and failings. Gleaned from Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
abbey-laird, donnat, donsie, doncie, braw-warld, falsar, gileynour, gilainger, gillet, gillflirt, gy, haniel and 105 more...
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old faves
ones I already liked
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Beknownst1981's list
I love words, especially the ones I make up with my friends.
translucent meat ..., beknownst (knew), plethora, curmudgeon, wanderlust, actually, differentiate, bearded, hobbit feet, female, sexy time, librarian and 220 more...
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katiad's Words
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NTDW1
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for harlot.
hernesheir A scoundrel; a worthless fellow. As one denoting low rank; a boor. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. Jun 25, 2011
bilby Asa, you're tearing up the Wordie streets today! Sep 10, 2008
asativum Somewhere out there, there's a motorcycle-riding prostitute with the family name of Davidson... Sep 10, 2008
Prolagus See also independent. Sep 10, 2008
asativum "'Go to Uruk, find Gilgamesh, extol the strength of this wild man. Ask him to give you a harlot, a wanton from the temple of love; return with her, and let her woman's power overpower this man...'" -- The Coming of Enkidu, from The Epic of Gilgamesh Jun 17, 2008
mager Harlot in SF is fun May 3, 2008
seanahan I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream
Aug 19, 2007