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Fancy Man

Definitions: Fancy Man

Fancy Man

Noun

1. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).

2. A woman's lover.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Fancy Man

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Fancy Man (A). A cavalier servant or cicisbeo; one selected by a married lady to escort her to theatres, etc., to ride about with her, and to amuse her. The man she "fancies" or likes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

FANCY MAN. A man kept by a lady for secret services. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Fancy Man

Synonyms: pandar (n), pander (n), panderer (n), paramour (n), pimp (n), ponce (n), procurer (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fancy Man

Specialty definitions using "fancy man": Grey Mare. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Fancy Man

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fancy Man

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fancy man young

4

fancy man

3
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Modern Translations: Fancy Man

Language Translations for "fancy man"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

szívszerelem, strici (hooligan, pimp, ponce), selyemfiú (gigolo, ponce). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ancyfay anmay

   

Romanian

  

peÅŸte (fish), iubitor (affectionate, affectionately, amorous, devoted, endearing, fond, loving). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hallick (pimp, ponce), älskare (amateur, beau, fancier, lover, paramour). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sevgili (beau, beloved, concubine, darling, dear, dearie, deary, dove, doxy, duck, duckie, ducky, favorite, favourite, feller, fellow, flame, gallant, Gill, girl, inamorata, inamorato, Jill, ladylove, love, loved, lover, paramour, pet, precious, queen, steady, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety, Truelove, well-beloved), pezevenk (bawd, go between, pander, pimp, ponce, procurer, souteneur), kadın satıcısı (pimp, ponce, procurer), aptal aşık, aşık (admirer, adorer, amorist, amorous, beau, besotted, enamoured, gallant, gone, in ecstasy, in love, inamorato, lover, minstrel, paramour, singer, spoon, Swain, sweetheart, wandering minstrel, wooer). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

kẻ sống bám và o gái điếm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fancy Man

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-m-n-n-y"

-2 letters: cayman.

-3 letters: canna, canny, fancy, fanny, manna, mayan, nancy.

-4 letters: anna, cyan, cyma, mana, many, maya, myna, naan, nana.

-5 letters: ama, ana, any, cam, can, cay, fan, fay, mac, man, may, nam, nan, nay, yam.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Fancy Man


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 61 6E 63 79      4D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01111001 00100000 01001101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#121 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0061 006E 0063 0079      004D 0061 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40678069912476780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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