harlot's

Belonging to courtesan

Harlot's is the possessive form of harlot, an old-fashioned or literary word for a prostitute or promiscuous woman.

The possessive appears in phrases like a harlot's trade or the harlot's wages.

The word carries biblical and moralistic overtones, more likely found in sermons or period literature than contemporary speech.

prostitution

brothel

Commercial sex establishment

red-light · whorehouse · madam's · john · solicitation · trade · oldest profession · vice · wages · sin

biblical

Babylon

Ancient Mesopotamian capital

idolatry · scarlet · abomination · revelation · prophets · Israel's · unfaithfulness · spiritual · apostasy · judgment

archaic-insult

shameless

Lacking moral embarrassment

unchaste · disreputable · scandalous · sinful · dissolute · licentious · immoral · profligate · debauched · fallen

Opposites
sexual virtue/morality

harlot'svirgin's

Belonging to the pure

maiden's · nun's

social standing/respectability

harlot'slady's

Feminine possessive form

noblewoman's · gentlewoman's · matron's · wife's · queen's

sacred vs profane

harlot'ssaint's

Of one canonized

nun's · priestess's · matron's

Family

harlot, harlots, harlotry

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13