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procurern. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French procurur , procureur ; procure v., -er suffix1. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman procurur, procureur, procurour, procurer, procurere and Middle French procureur (French procureur ) person who is empowered to act on another's behalf, intercessor, mediator, instigator, (legal) attorney (13th cent. in Old French), procurator of a Roman province (a1403; 13th cent. in Old French as procurrerre , procurierre ) < classical Latin prōcūrātor procurator n.1, and partly < procure v. + -er suffix1. Compare procurator n.1 and its Latin and French etymons, and also procureur n.In procurer fiscal n. at sense 1 after Middle French, French procureur fiscal (1464; compare Old Occitan procurador fiscal (1442)). In procurer general n. at sense 1 after Middle French, French procureur général (see procureur n.). society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another α. a1325 (2011) xxxii. 95 Ant te king sal don remedie..of þe coroner,..ant of alle oþere þat bez ateint of murdringe ant of concelement,..ore procurars of suuche þinges wareþoru þat te king ore oþere ben lusinde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. ccxii. f. cv Certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. xxxij He by his procurers sheweth causes why he coulde not come. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccccxxv The Emperour, and kyng Ferdinando,..appointed their procurers with large and ample commission, whiche should treate and followe the cause, in their names, at Rome. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta iv. xi. 240 He was in surte against the Procurer fiscal. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in (1687) 413 The Places and Houses of Advocates, and Procurers. 1721 J. Strype tr. Jernegan Let. in I. i. 13 Eloy de la Rice, high procurer of this City [Tournay]. 1779 P. Batteson iii. 30/1 The neighbours..carried him before the procurer fiscal of La Palisse, who committed him to prison. 1838 28 May 5/3 The Procurer-General called upon the Court in the name of the Crown to pass sentence. 1896 22 Aug. The procurer fiscal demanded that Laine be sentenced to imprisonment for life. 1913 F. M. Fling & H. Dresser Fling i. 35 Two deputies of Castelnaudary, M. Guilhermy, procurer of the king in the presidial, withdrew without signing. 1941 S. J. French 11 On his return from law school, Antoine was given the highest award the village could bestow upon him, the office of procurer of the district of Villers-Cotterets. 1995 J. L. Olsen i. 5 Judge Louis de La Chalotais, the procurer general of the parlement of Brittany. the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > by instrumentality of an agent > one who α. 1451 V. 225/1 Which shall not be partie to eny such offence, ne Procurer, Councellour, nor Abbettour to the doyng therof. 1457 in R. R. Sharpe (1911) K. 386 (MED) It ys founde..þat the said..Thomas Thurstone & William Robynson were þe chief & principall moevers, procurers, & abetters of all oþer unto þe confederacy aforsaid. 1548 f. clvij Affirmyng him, to be..the chief procurer of the death, of the good duke of Gloucester. 1580–1 c. 8 §1 The said Melter Myngler or Corrupter Causer or Procurer thereof, shall forfeyte for everye pounde, Two Shillinges. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault ii. li. 359 A procurer of vomit, and a disquieter of the stomacke. a1651 D. Calderwood (1843) II. 346 He was neere of kin to the king, and the cheefe procurer of the matche. 1653 I. Walton i. 33 Angling was..a procurer of contentedness. View more context for this quotation 1770 68/2 Mr. Recorder..hoped that the fate of these two unhappy persons would be a warning to all rioters..and that the procurers..as well as the procured, were not exempt, by our laws, from this catastrophe. 1776 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams (1876) 137 How shall the miserable wretches who have been the procurers of this dreadful scene..lie down with the load of guilt upon their souls? 1813 C. Lamb in Jan. 50 To be set on to provoke mirth, which procures the procurer hatred. 1898 H. D. Lloyd ix. 114 It would have been impossible for him to combine the functions of a great law reformer and procurer of judicial virtue for railroad corporation wreckers. 1929 H. G. Farmer ii. 35 Yet what connection has this ‘spiritual’ music to that which the legists said was the procurer of drunkenness and fornication? 1940 S. Lewis xxv. 269 Tertius Tully, the procurer of the other personal appearances, had fretted that the Boy Scouts and their doggone hurdling were nothing but Competition for the Show. society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > procurator β. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 185 The Emperour Lucius, Procurour of the publyke wele of Rome, sente unto Arthure messyngers commaundynge hym to pay his trewage. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 412 b/1 Accusyng hym that he had synned wyth the doughter of the procurour. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 187 Ffel in this field Quintine Bassian legat, Hircie the Emperouris Prokerrour in Britannie [etc.]. society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property β. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) (1877) lf. 50v Make him thy procurour and receyuour of thy money. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 157 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 260 He mad hyr his familiare, & procurur in-to þe way he wald hyr hafe. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan iii. ii. 171 It were a grete oultrage that the procuroure sholde be ageynst the mayster. 5. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires α. ?1530 tr. J. Colet sig. Avjv They drowne them selfe in the delytes of this worlde. Procurers & fynders of lustes they set by. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 55 Al such yl occupyd personys as be procurarys only of the vayn plesure of man. 1574 J. Baret P 675 A reconciler or procurer of fauour. Conciliator, ris. 1673 J. Wallis Let. 25 Sept. in H. Oldenburg (1975) X. 258 I thought fit to send you up ye inclosed Receit; where Mr Julius Deedes is ye Procurer for six bookes (& therefore is to have ye seventh gratis:). 1839 15 May 6/ In his capacity of cook and procurer of viands. 1882 P. Schaff et al. I. 610 Having been one of the procurers of the patent for Massachusetts Colony (1628)..he finally set sail thither. 1955 D. S. Bailey ii. 52 It would appear that kelebh signified a qādhēsh in the discharge of his function as a procurer of revenue for the temple where he ministered. 1995 14 May 46/2 Sunshine Coast publicist Lizzie Brown has a reputation for being a prolific procurer of high-fashion hats. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex α. 1601 B. Jonson ii. iii. sig. Ev The woorst in her is want of keeping state, and to much descending into inferior and base offices..as to be your Procurer or Pandar. a1640 P. Massinger (1658) iv. ii. 27 Thy procurer Shall be sheath'd in Velvet, and a reverend Vail Passe her for a grave Matron. 1694 R. South II. 248 Strumpets in their Youth, turn Procurers in their Age. 1698 J. Crowne iii. 23 Shall I..Provoke the proud Adulterer to my Couch, And be Procurer to my own Reproach? 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xiii, in tr. Gaius 389 Other persons of free-birth are forbidden to marry..a freedwoman manumitted by a procurer or procuress,..or one that has been an actress. 1932 D. Dudley 209 He could exclude as he had often been excluded. He was a procurer among the prostitutes of literature. 1970 23 Aug. (Parade Suppl.) 5/1 A typical one tells of a 16-year-old who fell into the hands of a procurer. 2006 (Electronic ed.) at Jarrett, Rebecca To further their melodramatic plan, they asked Butler to find a procurer who could provide a virgin of thirteen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1325 |
