gigolo
A gigolo is a dancer , a male escort service ( gentleman host , see also male prostitution ) or a man who usually has a sexually dominated long-term relationship with a significantly older woman and is financially supported by her. The term possibly originated at the beginning of the 20th century as a regression from the French gigolette for a young woman who is hired as a dancer (from the old French giguer "to dance"). The term has also been proven as a loan word in English since the 1920s .
In the history of music , the term is known from the hit Schöne Gigolo, poor Gigolo (text: Julius Brammer , music: Leonello Casucci , 1929).
In a modified meaning, a gigolo is a seducer ; there are numerous related terms (in alphabetical order):
- Casanova (since the 1950s)
- charmer
- Don juan
- Womanizer
- Women flatterers
- Heart thief, heart breaker
- Lebemann, Playboy (since 1965)
- Apron hunter (since 1900)
- Serious eraser (since approx. 1850)
- Womanizer
- Womanizer
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