harlot

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: har=lot
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

harlot, n. [OE. harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It. arlotto; of uncertain origin.].

•  A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.  [Obs.]  [1913 Webster]

  "He was a gentle harlot and a kind."  [1913 Webster]
•  A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.  [1913 Webster]

harlot, a. 

 Wanton; lewd; low; base.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

harlot, v. i. 

 To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

harlot, n. archaic a prostitute.

Derivative

harlotry n.

Etymology

ME f. OF harlot, herlot lad, knave, vagabond

THESAURUS

harlot

B-girl, Cyprian, Paphian, bawd, call girl, courtesan, daughter of joy, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, drab, erring sister, fallen, fallen woman, fancy woman, fille de joie, hetaera, hooker, hustler, hustling, kept woman, meretricious, meretrix, on the, on the town, painted woman, paphian, pave, poule, prostitute, prostituted, scarlet, scarlet woman, stew, streetwalker, streetwalking, unfortunate woman, white slave, whore, whorish

ROGET THESAURUS

harlot

Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.