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Definition of Harlot
Harlot
A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.

A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.

A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

Wanton; lewd; low; base.

To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.


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Harlot Quotations
Every harlot was a virgin once.
William Blake

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!
William Blake

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Lord Byron

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
David Herbert Lawrence

If you would not step into the harlot's house, do not go by the harlot's door.
Thomas Secker

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.
Lane Kirkland

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Harlot Translations
harlot in German is Hure, Dirne
harlot in Italian is prostituta
harlot in Latin is meretrix meretricis
harlot in Spanish is ramera, buscona






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