procurer
procurer · procurers
сводник
A person who procures or obtains thingsA person who procures or obtains things
UK/pɹəˈkjʊəɹə/US/pɹəˈkjʊɹə/
» He's a procurer.
Meaning
3 sensesA person who procures or obtains things
someone who obtains or acquires
A person who procures or obtains things:
(especially)A person who procures customers for prostitutes.
сво́дникsvódnik
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
(archaic)A person who incites or riles; an instigator.
Examples
1 sentencesHe's a procurer.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
one who procures customers for prostitutes:
Origin
Inherited from Middle English procurour, from Anglo-Norman procurour and continental Old FInherited 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.
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