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horson

horson is the obsolete form of whoreson.

Meaning of whoreson

Noun

whoreson (plural whoresons)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
    • Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...
  2. (derogatory, literally, vulgar) The son of a whore.
    • Ploughing whoreson!

See all 3 meanings of whoreson

Forms of horson

pluralhorsons

Questions about horson

What is horson the obsolete form of?
Horson is the obsolete form of whoreson.

Words near horson in the dictionary

  1. Horsleys
  2. Horsman
  3. Horsmans
  4. Horsmonden
  5. Horsnell
  6. horson
  7. horsons
  8. Horspath
  9. Horspool
  10. Horspool's algorithm
  11. Horspools

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horson (page history and authors); whoreson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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