Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who habitually consorts with or pays for the services of prostitutes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has to do with whores; a fornicator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK A frequent customer of
whores . - noun UK A procurer of whores; a
pimp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pimp who procures whores
- noun a prostitute's customer
Etymologies
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Examples
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The whoremonger is a denier of the faith; the unclean person is a denier of the faith; the covetous individual is a denier of the faith: all are rebellious, perjured and faithless toward God.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Martin Luther 1514
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I've also noticed that the term "whoremonger" (unlike, for example "cheesemonger" or "fishmonger") is commonly applied to the consumer as much as or more than the producer in the transaction.
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Also, is it technically correct to label a john a "whoremonger"?
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I translated 'whoremonger' with 'pimp', which appears to be the definition of the job.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Solarguy17 2010
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I translated 'whoremonger' with 'pimp', which appears to be the definition of the job.
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I translated 'whoremonger' with 'pimp', which appears to be the definition of the job.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ed Poor 2010
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I translated 'whoremonger' with 'pimp', which appears to be the definition of the job.
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To be fair, Vitter has been a credit-monger longer than he's been a whoremonger.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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To be fair, Vitter has been a credit-monger longer than he's been a whoremonger.
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It was one thing when she had to defend the whoremonger in chief for his infidelities with Monica Lewinsky.
OpEdNews - Diary: Iran Vows to Nuke Green Zone Kim Jong il Nukes Hillary Clinton's Pantsuit 2009
vanishedone commented on the word whoremonger
I'm pretty sure this is the pimp rather than the customer (given the -monger), whatever WeirdNet #1 claims.
October 28, 2008