Harlot
Definitions
- A female prostitute.
- A female who is considered promiscuous.
- A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.
Equivalents
26 more languages
Българскипроститутка
Cymraegputain
Danskskøge
Gaeilgestriapach
हिन्दीतवायफ़
Bahasa Indonesiasundal
Portuguêscortesãmeretrizmessalinamulher da vidamulher de vida fácilmulher pública f.peripatéticaprostitutaputarameira
Русскийшлюха
Svenskasköka
తెలుగులంజ
Examples
“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;”
“[Take⟳ into your service] none but such as deny⟳ all ungod∣liness, and worldly lusts, and live⟳ soberly, chastely, and moderately in the Seas, and whose speech is not stinking, and unclean, as most Sea-mens are. What should you do with such Harlots in your service? which calls for holiness, and better principled men.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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