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gigolo

[ jig-uh-loh, zhig- ]

noun

, plural gig·o·los.
  1. a man living off the earnings or gifts of a woman, especially a younger man supported by an older woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship.
  2. a male professional dancing partner or escort.


gigolo

/ ˈʒɪɡəˌləʊ /

noun

  1. a man who is kept by a woman, esp an older woman
  2. a man who is paid to dance with or escort women


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gigolo1

First recorded in 1920–25; from French, masculine derivative of gigole, gigolette “woman of the streets, of public dance halls,” probably ultimately from Middle French giguer “to frolic” ( jig 2 ); giglet, which may have influenced gigolette

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gigolo1

C20: from French, back formation from gigolette girl for hire as a dancing partner, prostitute, from giguer to dance, from gigue a fiddle; compare gigot , gigue , jig

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Example Sentences

As his marriage and finances disintegrated, he moved alone to Paris and supported himself as a gigolo while contributing to the satirical anarchist magazine Hara-Kiri.

John Turturro gave me a part in his movie [Fading Gigolo], and I was happy to do it.

The ex-bookmen negotiate a 60-40 split in favor of the gigolo, and a business is born.

He sits on park benches scoping out rich middle-aged women for his gigolo.

Moreau, however, actually pined over a Greek gigolo that was brought along on a trip with her and Richardson.

Naturally, no decent French girl would have been allowed for a single moment to dance with a gigolo.

A very faint dull red crept suddenly over the pallor of the gigolo's face.

And the Mazzettis put but one interpretation upon a young woman who strolls into the soft darkness of the Promenade with a gigolo.

Orson J.'s fee, as he handed it to the gigolo, was the kind that mounted grandly into dollars instead of mere francs.

The nice-looking gigolo seemed to be in great demand, but Orson J. succeeded in capturing him after the third dance.

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