† whorer Obs.
(ˈhɔərə(r))
[f. whore v. + -er1. Cf. OS. hôrâri, OHG. huorari (MHG. huorer, G. hurer), etc.]
= whoremonger.
| c 1640 H. Bell Luther's Colloq. Mens. (1652) 318 It shall bee free for Priests to marrie, or to forbear: Howsoever many Priests are, and will remain whorers. 1681 S. Colvil Whig's Supplic. (1710) 97 All of them proved Drinkers, Whorers, By Preachers, Forgers, and Perjurers. 1727 P. Walker Cameron in Biogr. Presbyt. (1827) I. 289 A great Swearer, a great Whorer, Blasphemer, Drunkard. |