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strumpets

strumpets is the plural of strumpet.

Meaning of strumpet

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...

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What is strumpets the plural of?
Strumpets is the plural of strumpet.

Words near strumpets in the dictionary

  1. strumpet
  2. strumpeted
  3. strumpeting
  4. strumpetlike
  5. strumpetry
  6. strumpets
  7. Strumpshaw
  8. strums
  9. strumstrum
  10. strumstrums
  11. strumulose

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