manwhore

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noun

A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmanwhore (plural manwhores)

plural manwhores · alternative man-whore · alternative man whore

  1. slangoccasionally vulgarA man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.

    A schmo who finds love by prostituting himself is...rather sweet in a sophomoric, manwhore-with-a-heart-of-gold kind of way.

    1999 December 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “Not Just a 'Gigolo'”, in Washington Post
    1 more example

    He's a man-whore, Paige. He seduces women for money. He seduced you and countless married women without any care for the consequences.

    2006, Farrell Kaye, Helltown: The Adventures of the Midnight Man, page 217

    Synonyms: gigolo, he-whore, hustler, manslut

  2. slangoccasionally vulgarA promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.

    We both knew Cypress had been around the block a few times. He had been a serious manwhore and only got his shit together when he found Bree.

    2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65
    1 more example

    The whole room fell silent, the girls all paused with glee. Turning left, turning right, are they looking at me? Well, I was looking at them, there, there, on the dance floor. Now, they got me in the middle, feeling like a manwhore.

    2003, Big Boi, “The Way You Move”, in Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, New York: Arista Records

    Synonyms: womanizer, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator

verbmanwhore (third-person singular simple present manwhores, present participle manwhoring, simple past and past participle manwhored)

present singular third person manwhores · participle present manwhoring · participle past manwhored · past manwhored · alternative man-whore · alternative man whore

  1. slanguncommonTo prostitute oneself, as a man.

    ‘Charles ain't exactly got his feet on the ground. Last week he swore to me that he was spending his nights in New Orleans manwhoring hisself.[…]’

    2020, Eoin Colfer, Highfire, Hachette, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.

nounA promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian жиголо
  • жиголо (žigolo)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Chinese Mandarin 面首, 妓男
  • 面首 (miànshǒu)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • 妓男 (jìnán)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • 男娼 (nánchāng)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Danish mandeluder
  • mandeluderpromiscuous man
Estonian meeslits
  • meeslitspromiscuous man
German Stricher, Strichjunge
  • Strichera man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • Strichjungea man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • Stricherpromiscuous man
Japanese 男娼
  • 男娼 (danshō)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Latin spintria
  • spintriaa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Norwegian gutteprostituert
  • gutteprostituerta man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Polish męska dziwka, męska kurwa
  • męska dziwkaa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • męska kurwaa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • męska dziwkapromiscuous man
  • męska kurwapromiscuous man
Portuguese garoto de programa
  • garoto de programaa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
Russian жи́голо, проститу́т
  • жи́голо (žígolo)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • проститу́т (prostitút)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • ха́стлер (xástler)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • альфо́нс (alʹfóns)a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • кобе́ль (kobélʹ)promiscuous man
  • бляду́н (bljadún)promiscuous man
  • ёбарь (jóbarʹ)promiscuous man
Spanish mujeriego, puto
  • mujeriegopromiscuous man
  • putopromiscuous man
Swedish manshora, gigolo
  • manshoraa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • gigoloa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • horbockpromiscuous man
Turkish jigolo, çapkın
  • jigoloa man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute
  • çapkınpromiscuous man

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APA

manwhore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manwhore

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“manwhore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manwhore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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