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PROCURER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

Synonyms:

fancy man; pandar; pander; panderer; pimp; ponce; procurer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("procurer" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "procurer"):

procuress (a woman pimp)

whoremaster; whoremonger (a pimp who procures whores)

Derivation:

procure (arrange for sexual partners for others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who obtains or acquires

Example:

the procurer of opera tickets

Synonyms:

procurer; securer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("procurer" is a kind of...):

acquirer (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))

Derivation:

procure (get by special effort)

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