harlot
nounfeminineliterário/mɨ.ɾɨˈtɾiʃ/low
me·re·triz
Definition
A woman who engages in prostitution; a prostitute. (Literary or archaic term.)
The novel featured a tragic harlot as a central character.
"Harlot" is an archaic term for a prostitute.
Etymology
Do latim 'meretrix, -icis' ('mulher que se prostitui').