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whoremonger

whoremonger

2 9.9
A man who often pays prostitutes for sex
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔːrˌmʌŋɡər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : prostituto
  • I'm lonesome, so I'm a fornicator, a whoremonger.

Examples

  • I'm a card player and a whoremonger.

  • Judge Carter is a whoremonger and Mickey takes good care of him.

  • l'm not really a whoremonger, Dad.

  • He was a racist, a fearmonger, and probably a whoremonger as well.

    Blog text (14)
  • "A fat drunkard and whoremonger!" This insult came from Dickens in the Chair, and suddenly the scenario was clear.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Anyway, Bennett finally left Nauvoo and wrote a series of letters to The Sangamo Journal that attacked old Joe for being a whoremonger.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

    Blog text (22)
  • He was known in the city as a whoremonger for frequently visiting various establishments.

  • The scandal revealed that he was nothing more than a whoremonger who exploited vulnerable women.

  • Many warned her not to trust him, claiming he had a reputation as a whoremonger among their peers.

Synonyms

trick
vswhoremonger
  • NSFW
25 9.9

A person who pays a prostitute for sex

is a habitual visitor rather than an occasional customer
john
vswhoremonger
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18 9.9

A man who pays someone to have sex with him

visits prostitutes repeatedly and habitually rather than occasionally
whoremaster
vswhoremonger
  • NSFW
9.9

A man who regularly pays for sex

is the same idea used in modern language rather than archaic form
wencher
vswhoremonger
  • Offensive
9.9

A man who often has sex with many women, for example prostitutes

focuses only on using prostitutes' services rather than general sexual activity
kerb crawler
vswhoremonger
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who drives slowly at night near the curb to try to have sex with people for money

visits prostitutes or uses services personally rather than soliciting from a car

Surface Forms

whoremonger singular
whoremongers plural

Morphology

whoremonger = whore + monger (semi-transparent) = whore + monger

Parts are recognisable ('whore' + 'monger'), but the sense 'habitual visitor/customer' deviates from the usual 'dealer' meaning of 'monger', so the meaning is not fully predictable.

Etymology

The word whoremonger joins whore, meaning a person who sells sex, and monger, meaning 'seller' or 'dealer', the same -monger in fishmonger. Because of that, it has been used for a man who often visits prostitutes or uses their services.