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Procuress

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A female procurer.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A female procurer, or pander.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A female pimp; a bawd.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a woman pimp

Word Usage

"Not only is she not intimidated by her mother's authourity and threats, she challenges the older woman, telling her that her procuress-like speech on how risks are necessary for richness "is a pretty saying of a wicked one/but methinks now/it does not show so well out of your mouth;/better in his" (2. 1.177-180)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

panderer pimp Ponce fancy man procurer pander pandar

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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