Strumpet

Quick meaning: Strumpet is a noun meaning A female prostitute.

Meaning

A female prostitute.

More Meanings

1. A woman who is promiscuous.
2. A female adulterer.
3. A mistress.
4. (derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To debauch.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.

Example Sentences

He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.

Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.

My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.

That proud man, that vvas / Deny'd the honour of your bed, yet durſt / VVith his untrue reports, ſtrumpet your fame, / Compell'd by mee, hath given himſelfe the lye, / And in his ovvne blood vvrote it, […]

Word Forms

• strumpets
• strumpeting
• strumpeted

Synonyms for strumpet

Depending on context, synonyms include prostitute, hussy, jade, fornicatress, adulteress.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fornicatress, slut, adulteress, hussy, jade, wench.

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