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Meanings of harlot in English

Portuguese
devassa
Catalan
prostituta
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A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.

      devassa
      Usage of harlot in English
      1
      Kratinus plainly speaks of her as a harlot in the following lines:
      Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4)
      2
      People polluted with this defection appear under the image of a harlot.
      Secret Enemies of True Republicanism / Most important developmen...
      3
      She arrayed herself in flesh-taking ornaments-gold ,andprecious stones, like an harlot.
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
      4
      Beware, I say, of the papist Eve, the harlot and the Jezebel.
      The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
      5
      How Apuleius was handled by the Bakers wife, which was a harlot.
      The Golden Asse
      6
      Up to the 1900s, red lipstick was the mark of a harlot.
      Radio NZ
      7
      Hearken, Meriamun the witch-Meriamunthe harlot: Pharaoh's wife and Queen of Khem.
      The World's Desire
      8
      Did you hope to run like a harlot from your old father?
      Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
      9
      Have you made any converts to the Roman harlot in this tribe?
      Prisoners of Chance / The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen,...
      10
      They would govern kingdoms, and cannot keep a secret from a harlot.
      The Works of Frederick Schiller
      11
      Let others forget that you were a harlot, but you must remember.
      The Crushed Flower, and Other Stories
      12
      Red wine stained Raymond's tunic and blushed his lips like a harlot's.
      Siege of heaven
      13
      What do you mean by calling Madame Mara harlot & naughty things?
      The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 / The Letters of C...
      14
      What, sir, would the world say, were you to marry your harlot?
      Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
      15
      How could you touch that nasty, nasty creature, that filthy little harlot?
      Silent screams
      16
      And the people testified also that the harlot had nothing but her shame.
      Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
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