Harlot meaning

här'lət
A woman prostitute.
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The definition of a harlot is a prostitute or a woman who sleeps around.

An example of a harlot is a woman who has sex with many men in exchange for money.

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A promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute.
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(derogatory) A female prostitute.
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To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.

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(obsolete) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
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Origin of harlot

  • Middle English vagabond, itinerant jester, rascal, lecher, harlot from Old French arlot, herlot vagabond of unknown origin
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old French herlot, arlot (“vagabond, tramp”), of unknown origin.
    From Wiktionary

Harlot Sentence Examples

  • His wife is the Harlot or the Woman of Whoredom.

  • It was the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

  • There followed the Renunciation, primitive enough in form, but the postulant solemnly renounced, not Satan and his works and pomp, but the harlot church of the persecutors, whose prayers were more deadly than desirable.

  • Mab - the cowboy way to call someone a harlot.

  • This human creature, long-haired and sensual, was drawn away from a savage mode of life by a harlot, and Jastrow, followed by G.

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