STRUMPET

adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop

(noun) a woman adulterer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

strumpet (plural strumpets)

A female prostitute

A woman who is very sexually active.

A female adulterer.

A mistress.

(derogatory) A trollop; a whore.

Synonyms

See prostitute

See promiscuous woman

See sexual partner

Verb

strumpet (third-person singular simple present strumpets, present participle strumpeting, simple past and past participle strumpeted)

(obsolete, transitive) To debauch.

(obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.

Anagrams

• Trumpets, trumpets

Source: Wiktionary


Strum"pet, n. Etym: [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.]

Definition: A prostitute; a harlot. Shak.

Strum"pet, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet. Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. B. Jonson.

Strum"pet, v. t.

1. To debauch. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame. Massinger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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