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quean

noun

ˈkwēn

Definition of quean

disparaging

as in hussy

a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman in pirate tales there's always the raucous tavern and its cadre of buxom queans

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Noun

Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.

— Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018

Definition of hussy

Noun

The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The myth of the sirens’ call has been with us for thousands of years, most recently brought to life in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of siren

Noun

Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of floozy

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They were all also alleged to have been prostitutes, though recent scholarship has challenged that assertion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
The meeting with the prostitute was supposed to happen near the Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community – a trailer park in East Palestine, Ohio.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of prostitute

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But this episode does offer an unforgettable flashback of Ser Arlan (Danny Webb) rising from the bed of a comely wench and walking outside to urinate, his massive member swinging freely.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2026
Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests.

— Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025

Definition of wench

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