Trull

//tɹʌl// name, noun

name, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female prostitute or harlot. archaic

    "‘Hark'ee, child,’ says she, ‘is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?’"

  2. 2
    A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2122). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
'hoabandonsalley catalmahbaggagebangtail

Example

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"‘Hark'ee, child,’ says she, ‘is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English trul (“travel about”), from Old French troller, treiller (“to hunt”). Doublet of troll.

Etymology 2

From French tous les trois (“all three”).

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