gigolo

gig·o·lo  (jg-l, zhg-)

n. pl. gig·o·los

1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman.

2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman.

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[French, perhaps from gigolette, dancing girl, prostitute, from giguer, to dance, from gigue, fiddle, from Old French; see gigot.]

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gigolo [jig-a-lo]

Noun

pl -los a man who is paid by an older woman to be her escort or lover [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gigolo - a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained lounge lizard, lizard - a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him