Harlot

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• Harlot — Har lot ( l[o^]t), n. [OE. harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It. arlotto; of uncertain origin.] 1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He was a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Harlot — Har lot, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Harlot — Har lot, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• harlot — (n.) c.1200 (late 12c. in surnames), vagabond, man of no fixed occupation, idle rogue, from O.Fr. herlot, arlot vagabond, tramp (usually male in Middle English and Old French), with forms in Old Provençal (arlot), Old Spanish (arlote), and… …   Etymology dictionary

• harlot — [n] prostitute call girl, concubine, courtesan, fallen woman*, floozy*, hooker, hussy, lady of the evening, loose woman, nymphomaniac*, painted woman, slut, streetwalker, strumpet, tramp, whore; concepts 348,412,415,419 …   New thesaurus

• harlot — ► NOUN archaic ▪ a prostitute or promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES harlotry noun. ORIGIN Old French, young man, knave …   English terms dictionary

• harlot — [här′lət] n. [ME (< OFr, rogue, vagabond), orig. a euphemism for whore] PROSTITUTE …   English World dictionary

• Harlot — Filmdaten Originaltitel Harlot Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Harlot —    1) Heb. zonah (Gen. 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22 the Hebrew word used in kedeshah, i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• harlot — [13] The use of harlot for ‘prostitute’ is a comparatively recent development in the word’s history. It originally meant ‘tramp, beggar’, and did not come to mean ‘prostitute’ until the 15th century. It was borrowed from Old French harlot or… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins