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manwhore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From man + whore.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:occasionally vulgar, slang) A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.
   • He's a man-whore, Paige. He seduces women for money. He seduced you and countless married women without any care for the consequences. 2006, Farrell Kaye, Helltown: The Adventures of the Midnight Man, page 217:
   • A schmo who finds love by prostituting himself is...rather sweet in a sophomoric, manwhore-with-a-heart-of-gold kind of way. 1999 December 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “Not Just a 'Gigolo'”, in Washington Post:
2. (qualifier:occasionally vulgar, slang) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.
   • We both knew Cypress had been around the block a few times. He had been a serious manwhore and only got his shit together when he found Bree. 2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:
   • The whole room fell silent, the girls all paused with glee. Turning left, turning right, are they looking at me? Well, I was looking at them, there, there, on the dance floor. Now, they got me in the middle, feeling like a manwhore. 2003, Big Boi, “The Way You Move”, in Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, New York: Arista Records:

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Relateds

whoreman

Synonyms

manslut · carpetmonger · adulterer · roué · hood rat · seducer · rizzler · player · debaucher · gallant · bed-hopper · rake · lewdster · wanton · philanderer · womanizer · chamberer · lecher · he-whore · fornicator · gigolo · voluptuary · debauchee · rantipole · hustler · libertine

Translations (32)

cmn 面首 (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · cmn 妓男 (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · ru кобе́ль (promiscuous man) · de Stricher (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · tr jigolo (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · sv gigolo (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · pl męska dziwka (promiscuous man) · sv manshora (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · gl puto (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · sv horbock (promiscuous man) · ru ха́стлер (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · ru альфо́нс (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · tr çapkın (promiscuous man) · pl męska dziwka (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · et meeslits (promiscuous man) · cmn 男娼 (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · bg жиголо (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · pl męska kurwa (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · pt garoto de programa (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · ru ёбарь (promiscuous man) · es puto (promiscuous man) · de Strichjunge (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · la spintria (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · no gutteprostituert (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · es mujeriego (promiscuous man) · de Stricher (promiscuous man) · ja 男娼 (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · da mandeluder (promiscuous man) · ru проститу́т (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · ru жи́голо (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) · ru бляду́н (promiscuous man) · pl męska kurwa (promiscuous man)

manwhore en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From man + whore.

Meanings

1. (slang, uncommon) To prostitute oneself, as a man.
   • ‘Charles ain't exactly got his feet on the ground. Last week he swore to me that he was spending his nights in New Orleans manwhoring hisself.[…]’ 2020, Eoin Colfer, Highfire, Hachette, →ISBN:

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