Definition

Noun: - A man who habitually seeks out and pays for the services of prostitutes; a man who engages with prostitutes.

Usage

• The term is used to describe a man whose behavior involves regularly visiting or soliciting prostitutes.
• It carries a strong negative connotation, implying moral disapproval or social disrepute.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The word is somewhat archaic but can be used in historical, literary, or deliberately old-fashioned contexts to describe such behavior.
• It can function as a predicate nominative or a subject/object in a sentence.

Variants and Related Words

• Wench (noun, archaic): Originally meant a young woman or girl, often a servant. Its meaning shifted to refer, often disparagingly, to a promiscuous woman or a prostitute, which is the sense connected to "wencher."
• Wenching (gerund/noun): The act of being a wencher; habitually consorting with prostitutes.

Synonyms

• Whoremonger: A person, especially a man, who associates with or patronizes prostitutes.
• Lecher: A man who has excessive or offensive sexual desire. (While similar, "lecher" focuses more on lustful character, not necessarily the act of paying for sex.)
• John (slang): A man who is the client of a prostitute.

Antonyms

• Celibate: A person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations.
• Chaste person: A person who does not have sexual relations or who is morally pure in their sexual behavior.

Noun

1. someone who patronizes prostitutes