harlot
noun/ˈhɑːlət/
/ˈhɑːrlət/
(old use, disapproving)- a woman who works as a prostitute, or who is thought to look or behave like oneWord OriginMiddle English (denoting a vagabond or beggar, later a lecherous man or woman): from Old French harlot, herlot ‘young man, knave, vagabond’.
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