A woman prostitute.
[Middle English.]
strumpet
Dictionary:
strum·pet (strŭm'pĭt)  |
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noun
- A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, tart2, whore. Slang hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.
| WordNet: strumpet |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a woman adulterer
Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut
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