strumpet

[ struhm-pit ]
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nounOlder Use.
  1. a prostitute.

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

Origin of strumpet

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; origin uncertain

Other words from strumpet

  • strum·pet·like, adjective

Words Nearby strumpet

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How to use strumpet in a sentence

  • The English received the arrow, untied the letter, and having read it they cried: "This a message from the Armagnac strumpet."

  • I tell you for the last time, and you can tell this to your strumpet of a sister, that you will get nothing from me.

  • Look you, Captain; neither you nor your noble strumpet at your side shall bribe me to commit further crime.

    Venus in Boston; | George Thompson
  • As a matron is unlike and of a different aspect from a strumpet, so will a true friend differ from the toad-eater.

  • She called her sister a “strumpet,” and said it would “serve her right to stick her with the same knife.”

    The Revellers | Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for strumpet

strumpet

/ (ˈstrʌmpɪt) /


noun
  1. archaic a prostitute or promiscuous woman

Origin of strumpet

1
C14: of unknown origin

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