whoreman

whoreman

English

Etymology

From Middle English horeman, equivalent to whore +‎ man. Compare Danish horkarl (“whoremonger”), Swedish horkarl (“whoremaster; fornicator”).

Noun

whoreman (plural whoremen)

1. (obsolete) An adulterer
2. (informal) A pimp
   • 2012, James Carlos Blake, The Pistoleer:

     Charlie Leamus, one of the boys l'd fooled with, told me Pierson was really a whoreman and would be peddling the girls in the wagon after dark, out at Jackson's Hollow, a mile or so out of town.

Synonyms

• (pimp): whoremaster, pander, pimp

See also

• manwhore

Anagrams

• man whore, man-whore, manwhore