Meaning of gigolo in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈʒɪɡəloʊ/

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1. Noun

   gigolo

   Etymology

   1920s (in the sense ‘dancing partner’): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue‘leg’

   Definitions

   1. a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman