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thesaurus--one who uses prostitutes

BULL. Town bull, a great whore-master. [For all meanings see BULL]
CORINTHIANS. Frequenters of brothels. Also, an impudent, brazen-faced fellow, perhaps from the Corinthian brass.
DARK CULLY. A married man that keeps a mistress, whom he visits only at night, for fear of discovery.
GAP STOPPER. A whoremaster.
GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at an alehouse or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle; and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous man.
TOWN BULL. A common whoremaster. To roar like a town bull; to cry or bellow aloud.
WHORE'S BIRD. A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds. He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; said of one who has a strong manly voice.
WHORE-MONGER. A man that keeps more than one mistress. A country gentleman who kept a female friend, being reproved by the parson of the parish, and styled a whore-monger, asked the parson whether he had a cheese in his house; and being answered in the affirmative, 'Pray,' says he, 'does that one cheese make you a cheese-monger?'
RUM CULL. A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.
WILLOW. Poor, and of no reputation. To wear the willow; to be abandoned by a lover or mistress.