Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fancy man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
fan-cy -man
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).

British usage; Dated; Slang

noun

A man who is fancied: a sweetheart.

Dated

noun

A man who fancies something: a fan.

Obsolete

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

fancy men (plural) fancy-man (alternative) fancyman (alternative)

Synonyms

ponce

Questions

What does fancy man mean?
Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).

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