English

Noun

kept man ‎(plural kept men)

1. A man who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married woman).
   • 1917, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, ch. 17:

     The kept man—in and out of marriage—is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village.

   • 1984 Nov. 19, Richard Zoglin, "Video: Small World," Time:

     A strapping Italian hunk, he becomes the rich actress's kept man, uses her money to start himself in business.

Related terms

• kept woman