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Webster 1913 Edition
Strumpet
Strum′pet
,Noun.
[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.
Strum′pet
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
Out on thy more than
strumpet
impudence. B. Jonson.
Strum′pet
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Strumpet
STRUMPET
,Noun.
STRUMPET
,Adj.
STRUMPET
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
strumpet
strumpet
English
Noun
strumpet (plural strumpets)
- A female prostitute; a woman who is very sexually active.
- A female adulterer.
- A mistress.
- (derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
Translations
A prostitute
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Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:prostitute
- See also Wikisaurus:promiscuous woman
- See also Wikisaurus:sexual partner
Derived terms
Verb
strumpet (third-person singular simple present strumpets, present participle strumpeting, simple past and past participle strumpeted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To debauch.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, II. ii. 153:
- My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, II. ii. 153:
- (obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
- Massinger
- With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
- Massinger