strumpet
Meanings
noun
- A female prostitute.
- A woman who is promiscuous.
- A female adulterer.
- A mistress.
- A trollop; a whore.
verb
- To debauch.
- To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
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Etymology
From Middle English strumpet, strompet, strumpett. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch strompen (“to stalk”) or strompe (“stocking”); or Late Latin stuprum (“violation”) or stuprare (“to violate”).
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