Meanings
plural manwhores · alternative man-whore · alternative man whore
- 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 Post1 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 - 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 651 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 RecordsSynonyms: womanizer, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator
present singular third person manwhores · participle present manwhoring · participle past manwhored · past manwhored · alternative man-whore · alternative man whore
- 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 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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Cite this entry
manwhore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manwhore
“manwhore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manwhore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manwhore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manwhore.
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