Meaning

(derogatory, offensive, dated) A female prostitute..

Definitions by Sense

1. (derogatory, offensive, dated) A female prostitute.
2. (derogatory, offensive) A female who is considered promiscuous.
3. (obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.
4. (intransitive) To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
5. (now uncommon) Wanton; lewd; low; base.

Example Sentences

This day (great Duke) ſhe ſhut the doores vpon me, / While she with Harlots feaſted in my housſe.

The bastard of a harlot, born in a brothel, suckled on gin, and familiar from earliest infancy with all the bestialities of debauch,[…]

Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce, / And dost not know the Garment from the Man. / Every Harlot was a Virgin once, / Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.

He was stopped by a painted harlot, who put her hand on his arm; he pushed her violently away with brutal words.

O fine religious, decent folk, / In Virtue’s flaunting gold and scarlet, / I sneer between two puffs of smoke,— / Give me the publican and harlot.

Charlotte the Harlot show me your legs, / Charlotte the Harlot take me to bed. / Charlotte the Harlot let me see blood, / Charlotte the Harlot let me see love.

By suche ydle and wicked harlottes the enheritaunce of Christe is troden vnder fote.

When lust doth rage it like a canker frets; It topsie turvie, upside downe all sets;[…] Where once it reigneth, there it maketh sure, A man a harlot, and a wife a whoore;

Word Forms

• harlots
• harloting
• harlotting
• harloted
• harlotted
• more harlot
• most harlot

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Use harlot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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