procurer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
  2. noun someone who obtains or acquires

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procurour, from Anglo-Norman procurour and continental Old French procureor, from Latin prōcūrātor; by surface analysis, procure + er. Doublet of proctor and procurator.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pimp, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce

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