Harlot

The word harlot nowadays means a prostitute.

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In the Middle Ages it sometimes meant "that fellow" in a general derogatory sense for a person of either sex. This usage is now obsolete, but it may be encountered in old literature.

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Middle Ages: The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three 'ages': the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire (5th century)...

Derogatory: REDIRECT Pejorative...

Obsolete: REDIRECT Obsolescence...

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