Harlot
noun
A woman who offers sexual services for money.
The harlot was known to frequent the tavern at night.
Often appears as...
- scarlet harlot
- harlot house
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Disapproving
Literary
noun
A promiscuous woman.
Jane's affair with the married man earned her the label of a harlot.
Often appears as...
- unrepentant harlot
- known harlot
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A woman who offers sexual services for money.
The harlot was known to frequent the tavern at night.
Often appears as...
- scarlet harlot
- harlot house
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
noun
A promiscuous woman.
Jane's affair with the married man earned her the label of a harlot.
Often appears as...
- unrepentant harlot
- known harlot
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term is outdated and may offend if used to describe someone today.
Referring to someone as a harlot in modern times can be considered derogatory.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Context
Often found in historical or religious texts referring to immoral behavior.
The novel set in the 1800s depicted a harlot being shunned by society.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Sex work is a complex subject; be respectful when discussing characters or history.
The historian described the woman as a harlot to reflect the language of that era.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term is outdated and may offend if used to describe someone today.
Referring to someone as a harlot in modern times can be considered derogatory.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Context
Often found in historical or religious texts referring to immoral behavior.
The novel set in the 1800s depicted a harlot being shunned by society.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Sex work is a complex subject; be respectful when discussing characters or history.
The historian described the woman as a harlot to reflect the language of that era.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term is outdated and may offend if used to describe someone today.
Referring to someone as a harlot in modern times can be considered derogatory.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Context
Often found in historical or religious texts referring to immoral behavior.
The novel set in the 1800s depicted a harlot being shunned by society.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Sex work is a complex subject; be respectful when discussing characters or history.
The historian described the woman as a harlot to reflect the language of that era.
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Safari Live - Day 32 PIPE...
him you can actually hear that other scopes Isles answering back because of how loud it is so there we go that's poo jeez what others birds are three here pearl spotted let's see if it's better than Byron's pearl spotted harlot
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
hardly better than harlots, can still stir me. Maybe a coming of age in the American sensual darkness, never seeing an unsmudged nipple, an uncensored vagina, has left me forever infected
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 32 PIPE...
him you can actually hear that other scopes Isles answering back because of how loud it is so there we go that's poo jeez what others birds are three here pearl spotted let's see if it's better than Byron's pearl spotted harlot
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
hardly better than harlots, can still stir me. Maybe a coming of age in the American sensual darkness, never seeing an unsmudged nipple, an uncensored vagina, has left me forever infected
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Quote examples
William Blake
English Poet
What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!
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Lord Byron
British Poet
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
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Steven Crowder
Canadian Actor
The painful truth is that in its attempt to remain 'morally neutral,' Hollywood is causing us to raise a nation of cads and harlots... Thanks again, Sean Penn!
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.
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Lane Kirkland
American Activist
To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
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Walter Benjamin
German Critic
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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William Blake
English Poet
Every harlot was a virgin once.
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William Blake
English Poet
What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!
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Lord Byron
British Poet
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Quote examples
Steven Crowder
Canadian Actor
The painful truth is that in its attempt to remain 'morally neutral,' Hollywood is causing us to raise a nation of cads and harlots... Thanks again, Sean Penn!
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.
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Lane Kirkland
American Activist
To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
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Walter Benjamin
German Critic
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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William Blake
English Poet
Every harlot was a virgin once.
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