whoremonger

• Abwertende und veraltete Bezeichnung für eine Person, die mit Prostituierten zu tun hat, entweder als Freier oder als Zuhälter, der sie vermittelt.

An offensive and largely obsolete noun referring to a person who engages with prostitutes, either as a customer or as a pimp who procures them.

1. Customer of a prostituteC2informal

   A person who pays for sexual services from a prostitute.

   Freier

   • The police arrested several whoremongers during the raid.
   • He was known in the neighborhood as a frequent whoremonger.
   • The documentary explored the lives of both prostitutes and their whoremongers.

   Synonymeclientcustomerjohnpuntertrickwhoremaster

2. PimpC2informal

   A person who controls and profits from the work of prostitutes, often by arranging clients.

   Zuhälter

   • The whoremonger was arrested for trafficking and exploitation.
   • She was forced into the trade by a violent whoremonger.
   • The novel's antagonist is a ruthless whoremonger who controls the city's underworld.

   Synonymebawdpanderpandererpimpprocurerwhoremaster