Synonyms for harlot
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hahr-luh t |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr lət |
Top 10 synonyms for harlot Other synonyms for the word harlot
Définition of harlot
Origin :- c.1200 (late 12c. in surnames), "vagabond, man of no fixed occupation, idle rogue," from Old French herlot, arlot "vagabond, tramp" (usually male in Middle English and Old French), with forms in Old Provençal (arlot), Old Spanish (arlote), and Italian (arlotto); of unknown origin. Used in both positive and pejorative senses by Chaucer; applied in Middle English to jesters, buffoons, jugglers, later to actors. Sense of "prostitute, unchaste woman" probably had developed by 14c., certainly by early 15c., but this was reinforced by use as euphemism for "strumpet, whore" in 16c. translations of the Bible. The word may be Germanic, with an original sense of "camp follower," if the first element is hari "army," as some suspect.
- noun prostitute
- Is he not attired as becometh the bridegroom of the harlot of Rome?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Would that harlot know, would she suspect that 'twas your hand did this?
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Ukhatu is a name for a harlot devoted to the worship of Ishtar.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- A harlot's daughter you are, my dear; you must be a harlot too if you want to become anything at all.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- It is contrary to the laws of nature for a man to love a harlot.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
- What plummet can sound the depths of a woman's fall who has become a harlot?
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
- Now your face looks like the bailiff's when he called me a harlot.
- Extract from : « Modern Icelandic Plays » by Jhann Sigurjnsson
- No, you thought I was an angel who was longing to be your harlot.
- Extract from : « Modern Icelandic Plays » by Jhann Sigurjnsson
- And it is not safe to accuse a harlot of stealing and lying.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 » by Various
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