Definition of "strumpet" [strum•pet]

• A woman prostitute. (noun)

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• "Your goddess History (whom your fathers called the strumpet Fortune)."
• "They replied with coarse insults, calling her strumpet and cow-girl, and threatening to burn her when they caught her."
• "The fellow went off, calling her strumpet, which only made her scream with laughter; then, turning to the Spaniard, she told him to make out his account directly."