manwhore

See also: man-whore and man whore

English

Alternative forms

man-whore, man whore

Etymology

man +‎ whore

Pronunciation

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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

promiscuous man

Danish: mandeluder c
Estonian: meeslits
German: Stricher (de) m
Polish: męska dziwka m, męska kurwa (pl) m (vulgar)
Russian: кобе́ль (ru) m (kobélʹ), бляду́н (ru) m (bljadún) (vulgar), ёбарь m (jóbarʹ) (vulgar)
Spanish: mujeriego (es), puto (es) m
Swedish: horbock (sv) c

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. […] ’

Anagrams

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