whoremastern.

a1425 (?a1350) Seven Sages (Galba) (1907) l. 2472 (MED) On þe morn, when it was day, Þe hore-maister went his way.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 45 My husband wes a hur maister... He has bene waistit apon wemen..And in adultre.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 474 That he is sauing your reuerence, a whoremaster, that I vtterlie denie. View more context for this quotation

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iv. xvi. 188 The stage-plaiers, act..Ioue, for the veriest whore-maister in the world.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre v. iv. 83 in Wks. II You whore-master Knaue.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 446. ¶7 Our ordinary Poets cannot frame to themselves the Idea of a fine Man that is not a Whore-master.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xviii. 253 A justice may bind over all night-walkers; eaves-droppers;..common drunkards; whoremasters; the putative fathers of bastards;..and other persons, whose misbehaviour may reasonably bring them within the general words of the statute, as persons not of good fame.

1794 Safe-conduct through Territories Republic of Venus ii. 79 The sober and discreet whoremaster, who at present gets only a bit now and then, on a Sunday evening after lecture,..without venturing upon the exobitant expences of whole nights in bawdy-houses or taverns.

1878 R. Simpson tr. Prodigal Son vi, in R. Simpson School of Shakspere II. 119 Shall I..be merry because my whoremaster brother is come back?

1975 K. Tynan Diary 18 Apr. (2001) 237 Every shot [in Shampoo] is an act of salivating homage to the incredible loveliness.., the unassuming muscle of W.B. [i.e. Warren Beatty], the hayseed whoremaster.

2001 S. King Dreamcatcher ii. 85 We're two happy whoremasters... Rick's been telling me about his adventures. It's as good as a story in one of those men's magazines they had in the barber shop when I was a kid.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Whoremaster,..One who keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.

1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room vii. 163 Now I must tell you what happened to the poor Spanish Whoremaster.

1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 94 Johnny knew just when to corrupt and when to give the old ego a boost. He's one of the great whoremasters of all time, working on the principle of the carrot and the stick.

1977 M. T. Bloom 13th Man (1978) vii. 133 The newcomers had little money and..they got tempted by the whoremasters.

2018 @sheenaghpugh 7 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 10 June 2019) What I don't get is why any party would select a pimp in the first place...Is whoremaster a respectable job in #Nevada?

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iv. 6 That Greekish whore-masterly villaine. View more context for this quotation

1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths (ed. 2) ii. 96 The vile and wicked whore-masterly Husband.

2013 @ewarthale 9 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 10 June 2019) At least you didn't call me a whoremasterly rogue...

1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies v. i. sig. G3^v A great hurt to the art of whooremasterie.

1966 Topic (Washington & Jefferson Coll.) 12 14 Even his notorious whoremastery embellished rather than besmirched his folktale image.