Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strumpet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strumpet \Strum"pet\, a.
Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strumpet \Strum"pet\, v. t.
1. To debauch. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet;
hence, to belie; to slander.
With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
--Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strumpet \Strum"pet\, n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe
debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch,
stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.]
A prostitute; a harlot. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
strumpet
n : a woman adulterer [syn: {adulteress}, {fornicatress}, {hussy},
{jade}, {loose woman}, {slut}]
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