strumpet

[ struhm-pit ]

noun

, Older Use.

1. a prostitute.
2. a sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).

strumpet

/ ˈstrʌmpɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a prostitute or promiscuous woman

Other Words From

• strum·pet·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of strumpet¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of strumpet¹

C14: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The English received the arrow, untied the letter, and having read it they cried: "This a message from the Armagnac strumpet."

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I tell you for the last time, and you can tell this to your strumpet of a sister, that you will get nothing from me.

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Look you, Captain; neither you nor your noble strumpet at your side shall bribe me to commit further crime.

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As a matron is unlike and of a different aspect from a strumpet, so will a true friend differ from the toad-eater.

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She called her sister a “strumpet,” and said it would “serve her right to stick her with the same knife.”

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