whoremonger

Buyer of flesh

A whoremonger is an archaic term for a man who frequents prostitutes.

The term appears primarily in older religious texts and sounds deliberately old-fashioned in modern use: The puritans denounced him as a whoremonger.

archaic

lecher

Lustful, predatory person

profligate · debaucher · sensualist · voluptuary · dissolute · lothario · satyr · degenerate · cad · blackguard

moralistic

fornicator

One engaging outside marriage

reprobate · immoral · unchaste · licentious · lascivious · depraved · fallen · unclean · profane · wicked

patronage

john

Informal toilet term

buyer · solicitor · frequenter · habitué · red-light · trick · date

Categories
Opposites
sexual behavior/lifestyle

whoremongercelibate

Abstaining from sex

abstinent · chaste · ascetic · virgin · monk

MORAL CHARACTER (traditional/religious framing)

whoremongersaint

Canonized holy person

puritan · man of God · holy man · monogamist · anchorite

Family

whore, monger, fishmonger, ironmonger

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R