HARLOT, a woman given to incontinency, or that makes a habit or a trade of prostituting her body.—The word is supposed to be used for the diminutive whorelet, a "little whore."—Others derive it from Arletta, mistress to Robert duke of Normandy, and mother to William the Conqueror: Camden derives it from one Arlotha, concubine to William the Conqueror: Others from the Italian Arletta, "a proud whore."