strumpet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/
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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”).
Meanings
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A female prostitute.
Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], pages 88–89:
- A woman who is promiscuous.
- A female adulterer.
- A mistress.
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(derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
We have legalized the strumpet and are guarding her retreat; Greed is seeking out commercial souls before his judgement seat; O, be swift, ye clods, to answer him! be jubilant my feet! Our god is marching on!
1900, Mark Twain, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated:He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.
1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes of Iealousie, Fear, Sorrow, Suspition, Strange Actions, Gestures, Outrages, Locking Up, Oathes, Trials, Lawes, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 3, member 2, subsection 1, page 610:However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| strumpets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
strumpetry · crumpet · strumpetlike
Synonyms
sexual partner · prostitute · promiscuous woman
Translations (43)
fr pute (A prostitute) · mk ченгија (A prostitute) · fi portto (A prostitute) · pl cichodajka (A prostitute) · pt meretriz (A prostitute) · ota قالتاق (A prostitute) · da skøge (A prostitute) · sh drolja (A prostitute) · fr roulure (A prostitute) · da ludder (A prostitute) · nl lichtekooi (A prostitute) · it squillo (A prostitute) · ru потаску́ха (A prostitute) · pt puta (A prostitute) · grc κασαλβάς (A prostitute) · sh kurva (A prostitute) · es golfa (A prostitute) · sh uličarka (A prostitute) · it sgualdrina (A prostitute) · ru проститу́тка (A prostitute) · cs kurva (A prostitute) · pl ladacznica (A prostitute) · it puttana (A prostitute) · es ramera (A prostitute) · sv hora (A prostitute) · ga striapach (A prostitute) · cmn 婊子 (A prostitute) · sv slinka (A prostitute) · nl hoer (A prostitute) · de Hure (A prostitute) · it battona (A prostitute) · mk курва (A prostitute) · cmn 妓女 (A prostitute) · gd siùrsach (A prostitute) · fr putain (A prostitute) · bg проститу́тка (A prostitute) · da hore (A prostitute) · es puta (A prostitute) · ota مال (A prostitute) · de Dirne (A prostitute) · th โสเภณี (A prostitute) · it peripatetica (A prostitute) · gd strìopach (A prostitute)