strumpet

Woman of disrepute

Strumpet is an old-fashioned word for a prostitute or promiscuous woman.

The term appears mainly in historical fiction and period pieces: Away with you, strumpet!

It sounds theatrical and dated in modern use, sometimes deployed ironically or for comic effect.

archaic

harlot

Promiscuous woman for pay

trollopPromiscuous woman, derogatory
wenchArchaic term for girl
courtesanPaid aristocratic companion

cocotte · doxy · mistress · concubine · paramour · drab · streetwalker · bawd · jezebel

insult

hussy

Immodest woman, disparagingly

trampWandering homeless person
floozyDated slang for trollop
slutSlur against promiscuity

tart · jade · brazen · shameless · disreputable · disgrace · dishonor · impropriety · scandal · infamy

Categories

old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
Shakespearean insultsknave, varlet, villain, rogue, scoundrel
cantcant, flash, patter, lingo, cove
old-fashioned wordsforsooth, hark, betwixt, hither, prithee
social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble
Olde Englishthee, thou, thy, thine, hath

Opposites

sexual morality/virtue

strumpetvirgin

One sexually inexperienced

prude · vestal · maiden · nun · celibate

social respectability

strumpetlady

Courteous term for woman

gentlewoman · noblewoman · matron · proper lady · dame

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13