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"etymology_text": "From Middle English harlot, from Old French harlot, herlot, arlot (“vagabond; tramp”), of obscure origin. Likely to be ultimately of Germanic origin, either from a derivation of *harjaz (“army; camp; warrior; military leader”) or from a diminutive of *karilaz (“man; fellow”). Compare English carlot.",
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"ref": "1908, William Blake, To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World",
"text": "Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce, / And dost not know the Garment from the Man. / Every Harlot was a Virgin once, / Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.",
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{
"ref": "1918, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Hail! Childish Slaves Of Social Rules”, in New Poems and Variant Readings, London: Chatto & Windus",
"text": "O fine religious, decent folk, / In Virtue’s flaunting gold and scarlet, / I sneer between two puffs of smoke,— / Give me the publican and harlot.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Dave Murray (lyrics and music), “Charlotte the Harlot”, in Iron Maiden, performed by Iron Maiden",
"text": "Charlotte the Harlot show me your legs, / Charlotte the Harlot take me to bed. / Charlotte the Harlot let me see blood, / Charlotte the Harlot let me see love.",
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}
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"A female prostitute."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "bludnica",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блудница"
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "妓女"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"word": "fille de joie"
},
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"word": "celenca"
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dirne"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Hure"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nutte"
},
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "karióla",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "καριόλα"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pórnē",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "raṇḍī",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "रण्डी"
},
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drúth"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "baldracca"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blúdnica",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"word": "блу́дница"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"roman": "kúrva",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"word": "ку́рва"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kaltak",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "قالتاق"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ruspi",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "روسپی"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "harze",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "هرزه"
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{
"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"roman": "jende",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "جنده"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "فاحشه"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"roman": "balâye",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "بلایه"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nierządnica"
},
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "messalina"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
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"word": "peripatética"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mulher da vida"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "mulher pública f."
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{
"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "šljúxa",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шлю́ха"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"sense": "a female prostitute",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
"code": "gd",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "lañja",
"sense": "a female prostitute",
"word": "లంజ"
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"_dis1": "65 27 8",
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"ref": "1544, R. Tracy, Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII",
"text": "By suche ydle and wicked harlottes the enheritaunce of Christe is troden vnder fote.",
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"ref": "a. 1653, “Joseph Tempted to Adultery”, in Zion's Flowers, published 1855, page 103",
"text": "When lust doth rage it like a canker frets;\nIt topsie turvie, upside downe all sets;[…]\nWhere once it reigneth, there it maketh sure,\nA man a harlot, and a wife a whoore;",
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"ref": "1659, Daniel Pell, Pelagos […] Or, An improvement of the sea […], page 37",
"text": "[Take into your service] none but such as deny all ungod∣liness, and worldly lusts, and live soberly, chastely, and moderately in the Seas, and whose speech is not stinking, and unclean, as most Sea-mens are. What should you do with such Harlots in your service? which calls for holiness, and better principled men.",
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