Harlot
11harlot — [13] The use of harlot for ‘prostitute’ is a comparatively recent development in the word’s history. It originally meant ‘tramp, beggar’, and did not come to mean ‘prostitute’ until the 15th century. It was borrowed from Old French harlot or… …
12harlot — UK [ˈhɑː(r)lət] / US [ˈhɑrlət] noun [countable] Word forms harlot : singular harlot plural harlots an old word meaning prostitute (= woman who has sex for money) …
13harlot — [13] The use of harlot for ‘prostitute’ is a comparatively recent development in the word’s history. It originally meant ‘tramp, beggar’, and did not come to mean ‘prostitute’ until the 15th century. It was borrowed from Old French harlot or… …
14harlot — Harlots are referred to in the OT without any note of condemnation (Gen. 38; Josh. 2), but ‘harlotry’ became synonymous in the prophets for apostasy (Hos. 4:12–13). Hosea had himself married a harlot. In NT times, harlots were outcasts from… …
15harlot — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)lət[/t]] harlots N COUNT (disapproval) 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] …
16harlot — [ hα:lət] noun archaic a prostitute or promiscuous woman. Derivatives harlotry noun Origin ME (denoting a vagabond or beggar, later a lecherous man or woman): from OFr. harlot, herlot young man, knave …
17harlot — noun, archaic stay off that street, unless you want to be mistaken for a harlot Syn: prostitute, whore, fille de joie, call girl; promiscuous woman; informal hooker, hustler, tramp; dated streetwalker, hussy, lady of the evening, tart, pro,… …
18harlot — /ˈhalət / (say hahluht) noun 1. a promiscuous woman; a female prostitute. –adjective 2. relating to or like a harlot; low. {Middle English, from Old French: rogue, knave; origin uncertain} …
19harlot — n. archaic a prostitute. Derivatives: harlotry n. Etymology: ME f. OF harlot, herlot lad, knave, vagabond …
20Harlot's Ghost — (1991), a fictional 1300 page chronicle of the CIA by Norman Mailer, was considered by the author to be one of his best novels. The characters are a mixture of real people and fictional figures; the logic of this mix is explained in Mailer s… …
