Main Entry: ²tart

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English tarte, from Anglo-French

Date: 14th century

1 : a dish baked in a pastry shell : pie: as a : a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit b : a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling
2 [earlier slang, girlfriend, probably short for jam tart, rhyming slang for sweetheart] : prostitute