Harlot

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 47

här′lot, n. a woman who prostitutes her body for hire, a whore.— adj. wanton: lewd.— n. Har′lotry , prostitution, unchastity: ( obs. ) a woman given to such: meretriciousne . [O. Fr. herlot , arlot , a base fellow; origin dub., perh. from Old High Ger. karl (A.S. ceorl ).]