harlot
Meanings
Plural: harlots
Noun
- 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.
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
'ho, 304, abandons, adult, alley cat, alleycat, almah, amoret, amorette, amorosa, antimodel, article, Athanasian wench, bad guy, baddie, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bastard, bat, bawd, 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, cocotte, coistril, colt, comfort girl, comfort woman, commoner, Covent Garden nun, creature of the night, croshabell, crumpet, cum dumpster, cumguzzler, cumhole, cumslut, cumwhore, cyprian, Cyprian, daughter of joy, demimondaine, dirty, dollymop, doxy, drab, Dutch widow, eager beaver, escort, Essex girl, evildoer, fancy woman, fille de joie, filthy, flap, flirt-gill, floogy, floosie, floosy, floozie, floozy, fornicator, fornicatour, fornicatress, fornicatrix, frail sister, fuckstress, Fulham virgin, fustilarian, gamester, gay lady, geebag, giglot, gill, gillian, girl rented overnight, good-time girl, grim, grisette, GRO, gross, hackney, harlot, harlotize, Haymarket ware, 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, Japayuki-san, jay, jillflirt, karayuki-san, knave, KTV girl, laced mutton, lady of leisure, lady of light virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the night, LBFM, 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, NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 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, Paphian, party girl, pavement princess, perdita, pimpette, pretty horsebreaker, priestess of Venus, pro, pro skirt, pross, prossie, prossy, prostie, prostitute, prostitutor, prosty, prozzie, prozzy, public woman, pucelle, puella publica, pug, punk, pussygirl, put, puta, puzzel, quail, quean, quene, Quicumque vult, 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, sporting lady, stale, stem siren, stew, streel, street taco, strumpet, succubus, Suzi Wong, Suzie Wong, Suzy Wong, sweet cheeks, tart, 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, whore, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill fame, woman of ill repute, woman of the night, woman of the street, woman of the town, working girl
Scrabble Score: 9
harlot is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordharlot is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harlot is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary