whoremonger

noun

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  1. seducer
  2. lover
  3. paramour
Noun
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of seducer
Noun
  • And even aside from those two big festivals, music lovers have even more excellent choices for live music that week.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • First of all, nature lovers take heart, because this millennium-old tree was not cut down just to make some whiskey.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lover
Noun
  • Tracy Letts plays her perverted husband, while Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage and Riley Keough star as her very messed up children, and Elle Fanning is Bell’s paramour.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • Swift has been seen about town with famous friends, paramours and even one of her cats from time to time.
    — Lily Boyce, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of paramour
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