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kept man

kept man noun: a man who lives off his lover.

Noun

kept man (plural kept men)

  1. A man who lives off his lover.
    • The kept man—in and out of marriage—is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village.a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, chapter 17, in Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
    • A strapping Italian hunk, he becomes the rich actress's kept man, uses her money to start himself in business.1984 November 19, Richard Zoglin, “Video: Small World”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    kept boy, ponce

Synonyms of kept man

Forms of kept man

pluralkept men

Origin of kept man

From kept + man.

Questions about kept man

What does kept man mean?
Kept man means a man who lives off his lover.
What part of speech is kept man?
Kept man is a noun.
What is the plural of kept man?
The plural of kept man is kept men.

Words near kept man in the dictionary

  1. kept it in the family
  2. kept it moving
  3. kept it one hundred
  4. kept it together
  5. kept it up
  6. kept man
  7. kept measures
  8. kept men
  9. kept off
  10. kept off the street
  11. kept off the streets

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