Meanings
plural whoremasters
- derogatoryA 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 166Synonyms: whoremonger, all-nighter, curb crawler, fare, gonk, jane, Jane, jockey
- A pimp.
- figurativelyAn 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man who uses the services of prostitutes.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
From earlier hore-maister, equivalent to whore + master.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch hoerenloper, uitzuiger
- hoerenloperman who uses the services of prostitutes
- uitzuigerexploiter of people
Greek πουτανιάρης
- πουτανιάρης (poutaniáris)man who uses the services of prostitutes
Cite this entry
whoremaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoremaster
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