gigolo
noun /ˈdʒɪɡələʊ/, /ˈʒɪɡələʊ/
/ˈdʒɪɡələʊ/, /ˈʒɪɡələʊ/
(plural gigolos)
- a man who is paid to be the sexual partner of an older woman, usually one who is rich
- It was a slick nightclub where the waiters flirted like gigolos.
Word Origin1920s (in the sense ‘dancing partner’): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole ‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue ‘leg’.