A woman who is a sex worker A woman who engages in promiscuous or immoral sexual behavior in exchange for money or material possessions How to use harlot in a sentence.
Harlots: The real-life courtesan whose virginity sold for £9,000 in 18th century London
Something, personified as female, likened to or resembling a harlot (sense 2b), esp
In being superficially attractive or seductive, but morally corrupt or debasing.
From middle english harlot, from old french harlot, herlot, arlot (“vagabond Likely to be ultimately of germanic origin, either from a derivation of *harjaz (“army Military leader”) or from a diminutive of *karilaz (“man A prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.
See examples of harlot used in a sentence. Harlot tends to have a slightly more neutral or even poetic tone, often used in literature or historical contexts On the other hand, whore is a more derogatory and offensive term, typically used in a more vulgar or judgmental manner. In surnames), vagabond, man of no fixed occupation, idle rogue, from old french herlot, arlot vagabond, tramp, vagrant
Rascal, scoundrel, with cognates in old provençal (arlot), old spanish (arlote), and italian (arlotto), but of unknown origin.
