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See also: man-whore and man whore

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Etymology

From man +‎ whore.

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Noun

manwhore (plural manwhores)

  1. (slang, occasionally vulgar) A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.
    Synonyms: gigolo, he-whore, hustler
    • 1999 December 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “Not Just a 'Gigolo'”, in Washington Post:
      A schmo who finds love by prostituting himself is...rather sweet in a sophomoric, manwhore-with-a-heart-of-gold kind of way.
    • 2006, Farrell Kaye, Helltown: The Adventures of the Midnight Man, page 217:
      He's a man-whore, Paige. He seduces women for money. He seduced you and countless married women without any care for the consequences.
  2. (slang, occasionally vulgar) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.
    Synonyms: womanizer; see also Thesaurus:libertine
    • 2003, Big Boi (lyrics and music), “The Way You Move”, in Speakerboxxx/The Love Below[1], New York: Arista Records:
      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.
    • 2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:
      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.

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Verb

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

  1. (uncommon, slang) To prostitute oneself, as a man.
    • 2020, Eoin Colfer, Highfire[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
      ‘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. []

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