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Harlot   /hˈɑrlət/   Listen
noun
Harlot  n.  
1.
A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. "He was a gentle harlot and a kind."
2.
A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. (Obs.)
3.
A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.


verb
Harlot  v. i.  To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.


adjective
Harlot  adj.  Wanton; lewd; low; base.





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"Harlot" Quotes from Famous Books



... following the death of Servetus. Knox deprecated the death of the Papal Delegate, but looked upon it lightly, a mere necessity of the times, and "a due and just warning to the Pope and the followers of the Babylonish harlot." ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 9 - Subtitle: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers • Elbert Hubbard
... He maketh fire come down from heaven in the sight of men! Woe! woe! ye strong and mighty! Woe to ye of the fasces and the purple! Woe to the idolater and the worshipper of the beast! Woe to ye who pour forth the blood of saints, and gloat over the death-pangs of the sons of God! Woe to the harlot of the sea!—woe! woe!' ...
— The Last Days of Pompeii • Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
... By a Senate's strife of tongues, By a Premier's sullen pride, Louring on the changing tide; By dread Thurlow's powers to awe Rhetoric, blasphemy and law; By the turbulent ocean— A Nation's commotion, By the harlot-caresses Of borough addresses, By days few and evil, (Thy portion, poor devil!) By Power, Wealth, and Show, (The Gods by men adored,) By nameless Poverty, (Their hell abhorred,) By all they hope, by all they ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns
... as there are men, whose political, social, intellectual, or philanthropic labours are put on, as the harlot puts on paint, and for the same purpose: but they can no more retard the progress of the great bulk of vital and sincere womanhood, than the driftwood on the surface of a mighty river can ultimately prevent its waters ...
— Woman and Labour • Olive Schreiner
... thought I was an angel who was longing to be your harlot. You can go with a lighted candle into my soul and search it. You will find no remorse there. What could we have done with a child, if we had been forced to flee? Should we have left it with strangers? ...
— Modern Icelandic Plays - Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm • Jhann Sigurjnsson


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