whoremaster

• Nom vieilli désignant un homme qui fréquente assidûment les prostituées, ou un proxénète qui les fournit.

An archaic noun referring to a man who frequents prostitutes or a pimp who procures them.

1. Customer of a prostituteC2informal

   A man who pays for sexual services from a prostitute.

   Client d'une prostituée

   • The police arrested several whoremasters during the raid.
   • He was known in the area as a frequent whoremaster.
   • The novel depicted the life of a whoremaster in Victorian London.

   Synonymesclientjohnpuntertrickwhoremonger

2. PimpC2informal

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

   proxénète

   • The whoremaster was convicted for trafficking women.
   • He acted as a whoremaster, taking a cut of the earnings.
   • The film portrays the brutal reality of being a whoremaster.

   Synonymesbawdfancy manmadampanderpandererpimpprocurer