fornicatress

Definitions

A female fornicator; a fornicatrix.

obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Well: let⟳ her be admitted, / See⟳ you the Fornicatreſſe be remou’d, / Let⟳ her haue needfull, but not lauiſh, meanes, / There ſhall be order⟳ for't.”

“Joshua, the High-Priest, who, according to Justin, is said to have⟳ been clothed in filthy garments, because he had married a fornicatress”

“1856: Meditations and prayers to the Holy Trinity and our Lord Jesus Christ by S. Anselm, Sometimes Archbishop of Canterbury For thou, thou, my wretched soul, perverse harlot, shameless fornicatress, thou first castedst off God, thy Lover and thy Creator, and betookest thyself of thine own⟳ accord to the devil, thine ensnarer and destroyer.”

“(As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let⟳ not pity for them detain you in the matter⟳ of obedience to Allah, if you believe⟳ in Allah and the last⟳ day, and let⟳ a party of believers witness their chastisement.”

“However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say⟳ 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call⟳ a policeman.”

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