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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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."

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.

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

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

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

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