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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A woman prostitute.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make a strumpet of; bring to the condition of a strumpet.
  2. To call or treat as a strumpet; give an ill name to; slander seurrilously.
  3. n. A prostitute; a harlot; a bold, lascivious woman: also used adjectively.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A female prostitute; a woman who is very sexually active.
  2. n. A female adulterer.
  3. n. A mistress. Usage - 1960's
  4. n. A trollop.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A prostitute; a harlot.
  2. adj. Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
  3. v. To debauch.
  4. v. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a woman adulterer

Etymologies

  1. Middle English.

Examples

  • “Your goddess History (whom your fathers called the strumpet Fortune).”

    MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel

  • “Yet observe how mildly Christ tells her of it; he doth not call her strumpet, but tells her, He with whom thou livest is not thy husband: and then leaves it to her own conscience to say the rest.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

  • “She remarked about the patterns for little girls being "way out of line ... in the 'strumpet' category, and lacking in innocent sweetness for little girls.”

    Archive 2009-04-01

  • “I get huge numbers of hits from Arabic-speaking countries looking for "strumpet".”

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  • “She called the shawls her courtesan clothes because I blush to disclose that my dear Effie was what she called a strumpet:)) Her shawls had a life of their own when Effie twirled them:) Even til the day she died in her late 70s she flirted with any male who came within her view.”

    Archive 2006-11-01

  • “strumpet" and then he tops it off with "move your fanny toward me I'm not gonna bite.”

    Adland

  • “Join SwapaCD. com and trade them in for ones you want. strumpet windsock”

    Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing

  • “That is a photo of Jan Berry (former Police Fed leader) who, not being silly, took the job (at a very decent salary) as the ‘Independent Reducing Bureaucracy in Policing Advocate’ from that thieving strumpet posturing as the British Interior Minister Jacki Smiff after she (Jan) gave Jacks a bit of a verbal lashing at her farewell speech to the fed conference in 2008.”

    I’ll Do Anything Me. For Now That Is. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG

  • “No, they have an annual hoedown (hoe as in shovel, rake, hoe, not “ho” as in strumpet) and celebrate the emasculation.”

    Guest blog: John Brown–Testicles and the Zing life «

  • “Why do they insist on dressing in the same strumpet clothing as the young?”

    Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine

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  • bilby But a whippet plays faster. Jan 20, 2009
  • sionnach Guitar hero champion pooch; plays with great flourish. Jan 20, 2009
  • bilby There's quirky English movie titled Strumpet. Too bizarre for me to summarise here but worth seeing if you can find it. Nov 27, 2007
  • lostsoul It's useful as a cheeky term of endearment. Nov 20, 2007
  • sionnach There's a type of a bawd called a strumpet
    Who - I'm told - can be played like a trumpet
    But when you have paid
    That streetwalking jade
    Then, sir, you can like it or lump it! Oct 13, 2007
  • jennarenn I like the nickname Jenna, but have never used it. I may need to start. Thank you, seanahan. :) Aug 10, 2007
  • reesetee I still think it sounds like pastry.... Aug 9, 2007
  • seanahan No Jenna, I don't, I think I might have used it jokingly once. My comment was just imagining what it would be like if I could work it into conversations. Aug 9, 2007
  • uselessness Say it all nice and sugary and it sounds like an endearing pet name. "Hey Strumpet, how are you today?" or "my little strumpet." Aug 9, 2007
  • jennarenn You don't actually *use* this word, do you??? Aug 9, 2007
  • seanahan It's a good insult to use because the girl often doesn't know what you are calling her. Of course, just from the sound and tone you say it with, they are often able to figure it out. Aug 8, 2007
  • reesetee This word always makes me think of pastry. ;-) Aug 8, 2007

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