Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a usually older woman.
- noun A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman.
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- noun A man who has a
sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receivespayment . - noun A
hired escort ordancing partner for a woman.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Back then, when society could be broken down straightforwardly into such basic and absolute categories, the title gigolo must have been easier to apply and decidedly less pejorative.
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On the form of one applicant, some classroom enemy or irresponsible jokester had crossed out "lawyer" or "teacher" or whatever safe bet the kid had written down, and inserted instead - clearly in another hand - the word "gigolo".
BBC News - Home 2011
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Sam "The Man," the gentleman gigolo, is looking camera shy.
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Sam "The Man," the gentleman gigolo, is looking camera shy.
Braise The Dog 2009
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Sam "The Man," the gentleman gigolo, is looking camera shy.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Sam "The Man," the gentleman gigolo, is looking camera shy.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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This elitist, narcissistic, gigolo is an embarrassment and for the PI to back him just how out of touch they are.
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A man who takes things from a woman is called a gigolo.
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said Robert Byrne 1990
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I have been called a gigolo, a freeloader, unemployed, a sham, and many other things that don ` t bear repeating.
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I have been called a gigolo, a free-loader, unemployed, a sham and many other things that don ` t bear repeating.
sionnach commented on the word gigolo
10^^21 picolos (= 10^^9 los)
November 7, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word gigolo
How are you feeling?
I don't think you can be dealing
With the situation very well
You take a lover for a dirty weekend, that's OK
But when it's over
You are looking at the working week through the eyes of a gigolo
(Seeing other people, by Belle and Sebastian)
August 8, 2008