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whoreman

whoreman noun: an adulterer.

Noun

whoreman (plural whoremen)

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

Synonyms of whoreman

Forms of whoreman

pluralwhoremen

Origin of whoreman

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

Questions about whoreman

What does whoreman mean?
Whoreman means an adulterer.
What part of speech is whoreman?
Whoreman is a noun.
What is the plural of whoreman?
The plural of whoreman is whoremen.

Words near whoreman in the dictionary

  1. whorelets
  2. whorelike
  3. whoreling
  4. whorelings
  5. whorely
  6. whoreman
  7. whoremaster
  8. whoremasterly
  9. whoremasters
  10. whoremen
  11. whoremistress

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