strumpet

[ struhm-pit ]

noun

, Older Use.

1. a prostitute.
2. a sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).

strumpet

/ ˈstrʌmpɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a prostitute or promiscuous woman

Other Words From

• strum·pet·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of strumpet¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of strumpet¹

C14: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

O’Farrell said Hathaway has been portrayed as “an illiterate strumpet” because she was uneducated and eight years older than Shakespeare.

From Seattle Times

Nudge one wing ever so gently aside with a fingertip, though, and you’ll reveal hindwings patterned like colorful petticoats — often striped in brown and gold, reddish or orange, a peekaboo costume befitting the brashest strumpet.

From New York Times

“Good morning, strumpet,” Henry says, glancing away from the road to wink at the camera.

From Literature

There was no summer body positivity when I was a teen in the 80s; there was the heavenly Maria Whittaker on Page 3 and gorgeous strumpet Sabrina in the Boys Boys Boys video.

From The Guardian

Nor is she the sorceress and strumpet Shakespeare depicts in “Henry VI, Part 1” or the romantic lass in petticoats Mark Twain imagines in his final novel, “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.”

From New York Times