kept man

English

Etymology

From kept +‎ man.

Noun

kept man (plural kept men)

1. A man who lives off his lover.

   Coordinate term: kept woman

   • 1917, David Graham Phillips, chapter 17, in Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise:

     The kept man—in and out of marriage—is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village.

   • 1984 November 19, Richard Zoglin, “Video: Small World”, in Time:

     A strapping Italian hunk, he becomes the rich actress's kept man, uses her money to start himself in business.

Synonyms

• kept boy
• ponce

Translations

man supported financially by a lover

• Polish: utrzymanek (pl) m