Middle English Dictionary Entry
miltestre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | miltestre n. |
| Etymology | OE, from ML; cp. CL meretrix. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A prostitute.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/29 : Ðu myltestre, sæȝ us hwæt ðæt word bihealde oððe hwa ðe þerto wissode þe þu swa beotlice clypien ongunne.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)553/24 : Meretrix, uel scorta: multestre.
- a1200(OE) Hat.Gosp.(Hat 38)Mat.21.31 : Þa myltystran gað beforen eow on godes riche.