whoreman

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noun

An adulterer

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whoremasterpanderpimp
OriginMiddle English horeman →
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Meanings

nounwhoreman (plural whoremen)

plural whoremen

  1. obsoleteAn adulterer
  2. informalA 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 & antonyms

nounA pimp

Similar
whoremasterpanderpimp
Also see
pimp

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhoreman
  2. Englishwhoreman

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

manwhore
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whoreman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoreman.

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