Procurer+or++procuress

  • 1Procuress — Pro*cur ess, n. A female procurer, or pander. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2procurer — ► NOUN (fem. procuress) 1) a person who obtains a woman as a prostitute for another person. 2) Law a person who causes someone to do something or something to happen …

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  • 3procuress — noun A female procurer. The Spaniard, who will seduce any girl he can, is pitiless under like circumstances to his own womenkind; so there is much weeping, the girl is turned out of doors and falls readily into the hands of the procuress. In the… …

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  • 4procuress — I procurer, procuress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pander, bawd, pimp; obtainer. See evildoer, purchase, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whoremonger, whore, madam; see prostitute …

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  • 5procurer — I procurer, procuress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pander, bawd, pimp; obtainer. See evildoer, purchase, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pander, whoremonger, bawd*, runner*; see pimp …

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  • 6procuress — /proh kyoor is, preuh /, n. a woman who procures prostitutes. [1375 1425; late ME; see PROCURER, ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * …

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  • 7procurer — Synonyms and related words: accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, bawd, beholder, consignee, fancy man, getter, gigolo, hearer, holder, listener, looker, madam, maquereau, obtainer, pander, panderer, payee, pimp, procuress, receiver,… …

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  • 8procurer — n pimp, pander, panderer, whoremonger, Sl. flesh peddler, Sl. hustler, U.S. Sl. sweetman, Fr. maquereau; procuress, Archaic. bawd, madam; white slaver, smuggler, runner; go between, intermediary, middleman, agent, solicitor; purveyor, supplier,… …

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  • 9procurer — /prəˈkjʊərə/ (say pruh kyoouhruh) noun someone who procures, especially one who procures clients for a prostitute, as a pander or pimp. –procuress, feminine noun …

  • 10procurer — n. (fem. procuress) a person who obtains women for prostitution. Etymology: ME f. AF procurour, OF procureur f. L procurator: see PROCURATOR …

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