"fancy man" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fancy man.ogg [Australia] Forms: fancy men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|fancy men}} fancy man (plural fancy men)
  1. (UK, dated slang) Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”) Tags: UK, dated, slang Categories (topical): Male people, Prostitution Synonyms: ponce [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fancy_man-en-noun-OZXBcVxW Disambiguation of Male people: 35 21 21 23 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 82 2 2 14 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 9 9 8
  2. (obsolete) A man who is fancied: a sweetheart. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fancy_man-en-noun-CNyL0xl2
  3. (obsolete) A man who fancies something: a fan. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fancy_man-en-noun-XGTGWGx1
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.
    Sense id: en-fancy_man-en-noun-6SrRkgE4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fancy-man, fancyman

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fancy man meaning in English (2.6kB)

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