Can someone give a definition
2006-11-06 00:11:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
In today's context....a harlot is a trash bit or a tramp or a whore or a loose woman or a promiscuous woman
2006-11-06 01:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by DaHBIC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A harlot is a prostitute. In modern usage, the word refers particularly to female prostitutes.
In the past, however, it used to refer to a man. The word is first recorded in English in a work written around the beginning of the 13th century, meaning "a man of no fixed occupation, vagabond, beggar," and soon afterwards used to mean "male lecher." In the 14th century, it began to be used to refer to women. How this meaning developed from the male sense is not clear. For a time, the word could also refer to a juggler or jester of either sex, but by the close of the 17th century the word became exclusive to women.
2006-11-06 08:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by fantasy_lady428 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible a harlot was a prostitute or a whore. She would stand at her door and invite men to come in.
2006-11-06 08:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by stockmarketwiz21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A harlot is a very promiscuous woman; ie. a prostitute or nymphomaniac.
2006-11-06 08:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Doug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prostitute: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
2006-11-06 08:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by dsd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a prostitute, female one not a male
2006-11-06 08:21:11 · answer #6 · answered by James G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prostitute.
2006-11-06 08:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A whore.
2006-11-06 08:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prostitute
2006-11-06 09:26:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋