Scarlet woman can refer to:
- A prostitute
- The Whore of Babylon, a figure in the Book of Revelation
- Babalon, a figure in Thelema
- A woman who attains unwanted notoriety by engaging in adultery
Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or woman:
“Once they came on a maple in a glade,
Standing alone with smooth arms lifted up,
And every leaf of foliage she’d worn
Laid scarlet and pale pink about her feet.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)