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strumpet

/ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/

strumpet noun: a female prostitute.

Noun

strumpet (plural strumpets)

  1. A female prostitute.
    • Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  2. A woman who is promiscuous.
  3. A female adulterer.
  4. A mistress.
  5. (derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
    • He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes of Iealousie, Fear, Sorrow, Suspition, Strange Actions, Gestures, Outrages, Locking Up, Oathes, Trials, Lawes, &c.”, in The Anatomy of...
    • We have legalized the strumpet and are guarding her retreat; Greed is seeking out commercial souls before his judgement seat; O, be swift, ye clods, to answer him! be jubilant my feet! Our god is marching on!1900, Mark Twain, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated

Verb

strumpet (third-person singular simple present strumpets, present participle strumpeting, simple past and past participle strumpeted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To debauch.
    • My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
    • That proud man, that vvas / Deny'd the honour of your bed, yet durſt / VVith his untrue reports, ſtrumpet your fame, / Compell'd by mee, hath given himſelfe the lye, / And in his ovvne blood vvrote it, […]c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, signature G, verso

strumpet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Thai

strumpet in Tamil

பொதுமகள், குரல்வளைச்சுரப்பி வீக்கம், திண்டுபோன்ற உறுப்புத்தடிப்பு

strumpet in Urdu

فاحشہ, کنجڑی, کسبی

strumpet in Malayalam

പണ്യസ്ത്രീ, വേശ്യ

strumpet in Thai

A prostitute
โสเภณี sǒo-pee-nii

Synonyms of strumpet

Forms of strumpet

Noun
pluralstrumpets
Verb
third-person singular presentstrumpets
present participlestrumpeting
past participlestrumpeted
paststrumpeted

Origin of strumpet

From Middle English strumpet, strompet, strumpett. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch strompen (“to stalk”) or strompe (“stocking”); or Late Latin stuprum (“violation”) or stuprare (“to violate”).

Words formed from strumpet

Words that rhyme with strumpet

Questions about strumpet

What does strumpet mean?
Strumpet means a female prostitute.
What is strumpet in Tamil?
Strumpet in Tamil is பொதுமகள், குரல்வளைச்சுரப்பி வீக்கம், திண்டுபோன்ற உறுப்புத்தடிப்பு. See Strumpet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is strumpet?
Strumpet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce strumpet?
Strumpet is pronounced /ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/.
What is the plural of strumpet?
The plural of strumpet is strumpets.

Words near strumpet in the dictionary

  1. strumose
  2. strumosis
  3. strumous
  4. strumously
  5. strumousness
  6. strumpet
  7. strumpeted
  8. strumpeting
  9. strumpetlike
  10. strumpetry
  11. strumpets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strumpet (page history and authors); strumpet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strumpet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strumpet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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