harlot
Plural: harlots
Noun
- A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- A female prostitute.
- A female who is considered promiscuous.
- A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.
Verb
- To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
Adj
- Wanton; lewd; low; base.
Examples
- He formed HARLOT, a word that raised an eyebrow but was perfectly legal.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English harlot, from Old French harlot, herlot, arlot (“vagabond; tramp”), of obscure origin. Likely to be ultimately of Germanic origin, either from a derivation of *harjaz (“army; camp; warrior; military leader”) or from a diminutive of *karilaz (“man; fellow”). Compare English carlot.
Synonyms
bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl, 'ho, 304, Athanasian wench, Bankside lady, Covent Garden nun, Cyprian, Dutch widow, Essex girl, Fulham virgin, GRO, Haymarket ware, Japayuki-san, KTV girl, LBFM, NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., Paphian, Quicumque vult, Suzi Wong, Suzie Wong, Suzy Wong, abandons, adult, alley cat, alleycat, almah, amoret, amorette, amorosa, antimodel, article, bad guy, baddie, bangtail, bargirl, bastard, bat, bawdy, beotch, blackguard, blissom, blouze, blowen, blowsabella, blue, bop, bounder, brass, brass nail, brasser, broad, business girl, cad, calico queen, callet, cat, chamber, cheeky, chippy, chromo, coaster, cockatrice, cockslut, cockwhore, coistril, colt, comfort girl, comfort woman, commoner, creature of the night, croshabell, crumpet, cum dumpster, cumguzzler, cumhole, cumslut, cumwhore, daughter of joy, demimondaine, dirty, dollymop, doxy, drab, eager beaver, escort, evildoer, fille de joie, filthy, flap, flirt-gill, floogy, floosie, floosy, floozie, floozy, fornicator, fornicatour, fornicatress, fornicatrix, frail sister, fuckstress, fustilarian, gamester, gay lady, geebag, giglot, gill, gillian, girl rented overnight, good-time girl, grim, grisette, gross, hackney, harlot, harlotize, heavy, hireling, ho, ho bag, ho-bag, hoe, hoe bag, hoe-bag, hoer, hoochie, hoochie mama, hood rat, hook, hooker, hussy, hustler, indecent, ithyphallic, jade, jay, jillflirt, karayuki-san, knave, laced mutton, lady of leisure, lady of light virtue, lady of the evening, lady of the night, lewd, lidderon, light-o'-love, light-of-love, lightskirt, little brown fucking machine, loose woman, lorette, lot lizard, mab, makeshift, manizer, meat puppet, meretrix, mermaid, minx, miscreant, mob, moll, mort wap-apace, mot, mucky, mud kicker, mud-kicker, mudkicker, musk cat, mutton, naughty, ne'er-do-well, near the knuckle, niding, nithing, nun, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavement, nymph of the pavé, nymphomaniac, obscene, off-colour, painted Jezebel, painted lady, party girl, pavement princess, perdita, pimpette, pretty horsebreaker, priestess of Venus, pro, pro skirt, pross, prossie, prossy, prostie, prostitutor, prosty, prozzie, prozzy, public woman, pucelle, puella publica, pug, punk, pussygirl, put, puta, puzzel, quail, quean, quene, quiff, racy, rake, rapscallion, rascal, raunchy, ribald, ribaudred, ribaudrous, ribibe, rig, risqué, rogue, rorty, salacious, saucy, scab, scag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scrubber, scum, scumbag, sex labourer, sex worker, shocking, skainsmate, skank, skeezer, sket, skettle, skit, skivvy, slag, slapper, slattern, slit, sloven, slut, slutbag, slutlike, sluttish, slutty, smutty, sodomitess, soiled dove, spicy, stale, stem siren, stew, streel, street taco, strumpet, succubus, sweet cheeks, tartish, tartlet, tarty, tawaif, thot, thotty, thug, tib, tom, town bicycle, town bike, tramp, trampy, treddle, trick turner, trollop, trug, trull, tweak, undesirable, varlet, vice girl, village bicycle, village bike, villain, vulgar, wagon, waistcoateer, wanton, wantonize, wapping dell, wapping moll, wapping mort, wench, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill fame, woman of ill repute, woman of the night, woman of the town
Scrabble Score: 9
harlot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordharlot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harlot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary