fancy man

• Veralteter, informeller Begriff für einen Mann in einer romantischen Beziehung zu einer Frau, oft mit der Bedeutung, dass er ihr Liebhaber ist oder von ihr ausgehalten wird, teils mit negativem Beiklang von übertriebener Eleganz oder finanzieller Abhängigkeit.

An old-fashioned, informal term for a man who is romantically involved with a woman, often implying he is a lover or a kept man, sometimes with a negative connotation of being overly stylish or dependent on a woman for financial support.

1. Lover or boyfriendB2informalbritish

   A man who is romantically involved with a woman, often implying a secret or casual relationship.

   Liebhaber

   • She introduced her fancy man at the party.
   • He was known as her fancy man for years.
   • The gossip said she had a fancy man in the next town.

2. PimpC1slangbritish

   A man who controls and profits from the work of prostitutes.

   Zuhälter

   • The police arrested the fancy man who ran the operation.
   • He was nothing more than a fancy man living off her earnings.
   • The novel's villain was a cruel fancy man.