Strumpet

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strumpet \Strum"pet\, n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe
     debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch,
     stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.]
     A prostitute; a harlot. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strumpet \Strum"pet\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
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           Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strumpet \Strum"pet\, v. t.
     1. To debauch. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet;
        hence, to belie; to slander.
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              With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
                                                    --Massinger.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strumpet
       n : a woman adulterer [syn: {adulteress}, {fornicatress}, {hussy},
            {jade}, {loose woman}, {slut}, {trollop}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "strumpet":
     Jezebel, bad woman, baggage, bitch, broad, chippy, clitoromaniac,
     cocotte, coquette, drab, easy lay, easy woman, flirt, floozy,
     frail sister, gold digger, grisette, harridan, hussy,
     hysteromaniac, jade, jezebel, loose woman, nymphet, nympho,
     nymphomaniac, pickup, quean, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, trollop,
     trull, uteromaniac, vamp, wanton, wench, whore
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  STRUMPET. A harlot, or courtesan: this word was formerly used as an 
  addition. Jacob's Law Dict. h.t.