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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
man + whore
Pronunciation
Noun
manwhore (plural manwhores)
- (slang) A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.
- Synonyms: gigolo, he-whore, hustler
1999 December 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “Not Just a 'Gigolo'”, in Washington Post:A schmo who finds love by prostituting himself is...rather sweet in a sophomoric, manwhore-with-a-heart-of-gold kind of way.
2006, Farrell Kaye, Helltown: The Adventures of the Midnight Man, page 217:He's a man-whore, Paige. He seduces women for money. He seduced you and countless married women without any care for the consequences.
- (slang) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.
- Synonyms: womanizer; see also Thesaurus:libertine
2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65: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.
Translations
a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 面首 (zh) (miànshǒu), 妓男 (zh) (jìnán), 男娼 (zh) (nánchāng)
- Galician: puto (gl) m
- German: Stricher (de) m, Strichjunge (de) m
- Japanese: 男娼 (ja) (だんしょう, danshō)
- Latin: spintria m
- Norwegian: (boy prostitute) gutteprostituert, (male prostitute) (please verify) mannlig prostituert
- Polish: męska dziwka m, męska kurwa (pl) m (vulgar)
- Portuguese: garoto de programa (pt) m
- Russian: жи́голо (ru) m (žígolo), проститу́т (ru) m (prostitút), ха́стлер (ru) m (xástler) (to other men, also), альфо́нс (ru) m (alʹfóns) (a lover who lives on woman's expense)
- Swedish: manshora (sv) c, gigolo (sv) c
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Verb
manwhore (third-person singular simple present manwhores, present participle manwhoring, simple past and past participle manwhored)
- (uncommon, slang) To prostitute oneself, as a man.
2020, Eoin Colfer, Highfire, Hachette, →ISBN:‘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. […] ’
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