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Harlot
harlot
(harlots) If someone describes a woman as a harlot, they disapprove of her because she is a prostitute, or because she looks or behaves like a prostitute. (OFFENSIVE, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
noun Etymology: Middle English, rogue, buffoon, female prostitute, from Anglo-French herlot beggar, vagabond Date: 15th century prostitute ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. archaic a prostitute. Derivatives harlotry n. Etymology: ME f. OF harlot, herlot lad, knave, vagabond ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. проститутка; шлюха to play the harlot —- заниматься проституцией 2. распутный, непристойный; низкий; похотливый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. herlot, arlot "vagabond, tramp" (usually male in M.E. and O.Fr.), of unknown origin. Used in both positive and pejorative senses by Chaucer; applied to jesters, buffoons, jugglers, later to actors. Sense of "prostitute" developed probably pre-1425 but reinforced by use as euphemism for "strumpet, whore" in 16c. translations of the Bible. The word may be Gmc., with an original sense of "camp follower," if the first element is hari "army," as some suspect. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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