kept man

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kept man

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From kept + man.

noun kept men

A man who lives off his lover. The kept man—in and out of marriage—is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village.
Similar: kept boy, ponce

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@misc{kept_man_2026,
  title = {kept man},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kept%20man},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}