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strumpet
[ struhm-pit ]
noun
, Older Use.
- a prostitute.
- a sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).
strumpet
/ ˈstrʌmpɪt /
noun
- archaic.a prostitute or promiscuous woman
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Other Words From
- strum·pet·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strumpet1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strumpet1
C14: of unknown origin
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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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