Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)A pimp

  2. (obsolete)An adulterer

Origin

From Middle English horeman, equivalent to whore + man. Compare Danish horkarl (“whoremong

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

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Forms

plural: whoremen
Singularwhoreman
Pluralwhoremen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmanwhore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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