whoreson

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The worthy successor of Vargas replied to his captive's greeting by a "kick in his stomach," adding, with a brutality which his prototype might have envied, "Ah puto tradidor,--whoreson traitor, let me have no salutations from such as you."

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  1. noun A contemptible or detestable person.
  2. adjective Abominable; detestable.

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  1. Early modern English also horeson, horson; from whore + son.
 

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