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whoremonger

[hawr-muhng-ger, -mong-, hohr- or, often, hoo r-]
noun
  1. someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
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Origin of whoremonger

First recorded in 1520–30; whore + monger
Also called whore·mas·ter [hawr-mas-ter, -mah-ster, hohr- or, often, hoo r-] /ˈhɔrˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər, ˈhoʊr- or, often, ˈhʊər-/.
Related formswhore·mon·ger·ing, whore·mas·ter·y, noun
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Historical Examples of whoremaster

  • He would not have her think of her Husband, but her Lover, that is, her Whoremaster.

    A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage

    Jeremy Collier

British Dictionary definitions for whoremaster

whoremaster

noun
  1. archaic a person who consorts with or procures whores
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Derived Formswhoremastery, noun

whoremonger

noun
  1. a person who consorts with whores; lecher
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Derived Formswhoremongery, noun
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