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 har·lot /ˈhɑrlət/
 妓女

 Har·lot n.
 1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.
    He was a gentle harlot and a kind.   --Chaucer.
 2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. [Obs.]
 3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

 Har·lot, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
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 Har·lot, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base.

 harlot
      n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute,
           cocotte, whore, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy
          woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of
          pleasure, woman of the street]

 Harlot
    (1.) Heb. zonah (Gen. 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22 the Hebrew
    word used in _kedeshah_, i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted to
    prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of
    Asherah or Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also used in
    Deut. 23:17; Hos. 4:14. Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a
    consecrated kedeshah.
      It has been attempted to show that Rahab, usually called a
    "harlot" (Josh. 2:1; 6:17; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25), was only an
    innkeeper. This interpretation, however, cannot be maintained.
      Jephthah's mother is called a "strange woman" (Judg. 11:2).
    This, however, merely denotes that she was of foreign
    extraction.
      In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets,
    and he solemnly warns against association with them (Prov. 7:12;
    9:14. See also Jer. 3:2; Ezek. 16:24, 25, 31). The Revised
    Version, following the LXX., has "and the harlots washed," etc.,
    instead of the rendering of the Authorized Version, "now they
    washed," of 1 Kings 22:38.
      To commit fornication is metaphorically used for to practice
    idolatry (Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 16:15; Hos. throughout); hence
    Jerusalem is spoken of as a harlot (Isa. 1:21).
      (2.) Heb. nokriyah, the "strange woman" (1 Kings 11:1; Prov.
    5:20; 7:5; 23:27). Those so designated were Canaanites and other
    Gentiles (Josh. 23:13). To the same class belonged the
    "foolish", i.e., the sinful, "woman."
      In the New Testament the Greek pornai, plural, "harlots,"
    occurs in Matt. 21:31,32, where they are classed with publicans;
    Luke 15:30; 1 Cor. 6:15,16; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25. It is used
    symbolically in Rev. 17:1, 5, 15, 16; 19:2.