Strumpet (Noun)
Meaning
A woman adulterer.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The villagers shunned her as a strumpet, whispering about her numerous affairs with married men.
- Her husband's friends warned him that his wife was a strumpet, and that he should be careful not to trust her.
- In the eyes of the community, she was a strumpet, a woman who had brought shame to her family with her illicit relationships.
- The strumpet's reputation preceded her, and many men in town knew better than to get involved with her.
- After her divorce, she was labeled a strumpet by her former in-laws, who claimed she had been unfaithful to her ex-husband throughout their marriage.