strumpet

noun

strum·​pet ˈstrəm-pət 

plural strumpets

1

old-fashioned + usually disparaging : a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay

EMILIA. Fie, fie upon thee, strumpet! / BIANCA. I am no strumpet, but of life as honest / As you that thus abuse me.

—William Shakespeare

… the networks aired at least half a dozen TV movies featuring prostitutes as heroines. Farrah Fawcett, Loni Anderson and Ann Jillian were among those who played strumpets.

—Leah Rozen

2

old-fashioned + usually disparaging : a woman who is sexually promiscuous

Examples of strumpet in a Sentence

the portrait painter's muse for the goddess of love was apparently a common strumpet

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1