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strumpet
CIDE DICTIONARY
strumpet, n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.].
A prostitute; a harlot. Shak. [1913 Webster]
strumpet, a.
Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet. [1913 Webster]
"Out on thy more than strumpet impudence." [1913 Webster]
strumpet, v. t.
- To debauch. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. [1913 Webster]"With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
strumpet
Jezebel, bad woman, baggage, bitch, broad, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, coquette, drab, easy lay, easy woman, flirt, floozy, frail sister, gold digger, grisette, harridan, hussy, hysteromaniac, jade, jezebel, loose woman, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, pickup, quean, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, trollop, trull, uteromaniac, vamp, wanton, wench, whoreROGET THESAURUS
strumpet
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.For further exploring for "strumpet" in Webster Dictionary Online
