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English Dictionary: strumpet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strumpet
n
  1. a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Strumpet \Strum"pet\, n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe
      debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch,
      stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.]
      A prostitute; a harlot. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Strumpet \Strum"pet\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
  
               Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Strumpet \Strum"pet\, v. t.
      1. To debauch. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet;
            hence, to belie; to slander.
  
                     With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
                                                                              --Massinger.
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