Noun: whoremaster 'hor,mãs-tu(r)
Usage: vulgar, archaic
Usage: vulgar, archaic
- A prostitute's customer
"The undercover officer posed as a whoremaster to gather evidence against the illegal brothel";
- john [informal], trick
- A pimp who procures whores
"The police arrested the whoremaster for running an illegal prostitution ring";
Derived forms: whoremasters
Type of: client, customer, pandar [archaic], pander [archaic], panderer, pimp, procurer
Encyclopedia: Whoremaster