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whoremaster

whoremaster noun: a man who uses the services of prostitutes.

Noun

whoremaster (plural whoremasters)

  1. (derogatory) A man who uses the services of prostitutes.
    • Noiselessly the fat whoremaster glided across the floor. Jimmy Earls the brothel creeper.2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 166
  2. A pimp.
  3. (figuratively) An exploiter of people.
    • a. 2000, Dale Brown, quoted in Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports by Andrew Zimbalist
      This one-billion-dollar TV contract is the paramount example of the injustices in the game. Look at the money we make off predominately poor black kids. We're the whoremasters.

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Forms of whoremaster

pluralwhoremasters

Origin of whoremaster

From earlier hore-maister, equivalent to whore + master.

Words formed from whoremaster

Questions about whoremaster

What does whoremaster mean?
Whoremaster means a man who uses the services of prostitutes.
What part of speech is whoremaster?
Whoremaster is a noun.
What is the plural of whoremaster?
The plural of whoremaster is whoremasters.

Words near whoremaster in the dictionary

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

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