procuressn.

Brit.

/prəˈkjʊərᵻs/,

/prəˈkjɔːrᵻs/, U.S.

/prəˈkjurəs/,

/proʊˈkjʊrəs/

Forms: see procure v. and -ess suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: procure v., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < procure v. + -ess suffix¹, after procurer n. Compare Middle French procureresse woman who acts in another's name (13th cent. in Old French), procuresse (c1500).

†1. A female advocate or defender. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > female

procuressc1450

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 198 (MED) Orisoun..is procuresse whan time is to see him; messangere she is and rediliche presenteth him bifore the kyng.

a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. lvi (MED) Now maide & modier..My cause also I appele vnto the, As aduocate for man & procuresse..So be myne helpe.

2. A woman who procures people, usually women, as prostitutes or illicit sexual partners for others.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress

butcheressa1475

stew1552

bawdress1569

brokeress1582

pander1585

abbess1594

aunt1604

panderess1604

hackney womanc1616

bronstrops1617

procuress1638

provincialc1640

fruit-woman1673

flesh-broker1699

broker-woman1723

commode1725

coupleress1864

hack1864

procureuse1930

1638 T. Nabbes Totenham Court i. iii. 6 I have no disguis'd tone of Come, or threepenny thrip to cloake a procuresse.

1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. i. 29 Why, if you will have it, you are a little better than a procuress: you carry messages betwixt party and party.

1707 T. Bocks Comical Bargain 2 His lucky Stars brought him acquainted with an old Procuress, alias, half Bawd, half Match-maker.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 266. ⁋4 Who should I see there but the most artful Procuress in the Town.

1758 J. Grainger tr. Tibullus Elegies I. vi. 85 From you my Ruin, curst Procuress, rose.

1818 Times 30 Jan. 3/4 In a few minutes she made her appearance, dressed out in the modern fashion, and not a bad personification of Hogarth's procuress.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lii. 75 For fear divine philosophy Should push beyond her mark, and be Procuress to the Lords of Hell.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xiii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 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.

1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 255 M. Flambert smacked his saurian lips, and Mme Flambert, with her mouth full of pins, mumbled over her like a beneficent procuress.

1982 F. Raphael Byron 30 His sexual gluttony was marked enough for even a seasoned French procuress to advise him to season ardour with delicacy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	procuress
释义	procuressn. Brit. /prəˈkjʊərᵻs/, /prəˈkjɔːrᵻs/, U.S. /prəˈkjurəs/, /proʊˈkjʊrəs/ Forms: see procure v. and -ess suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: procure v., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < procure v. + -ess suffix¹, after procurer n. Compare Middle French procureresse woman who acts in another's name (13th cent. in Old French), procuresse (c1500). †1. A female advocate or defender. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > female procuressc1450 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 198 (MED) Orisoun..is procuresse whan time is to see him; messangere she is and rediliche presenteth him bifore the kyng. a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. lvi (MED) Now maide & modier..My cause also I appele vnto the, As aduocate for man & procuresse..So be myne helpe. 2. A woman who procures people, usually women, as prostitutes or illicit sexual partners for others. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress butcheressa1475 stew1552 bawdress1569 brokeress1582 pander1585 abbess1594 aunt1604 panderess1604 hackney womanc1616 bronstrops1617 procuress1638 provincialc1640 fruit-woman1673 flesh-broker1699 broker-woman1723 commode1725 coupleress1864 hack1864 procureuse1930 1638 T. Nabbes Totenham Court i. iii. 6 I have no disguis'd tone of Come, or threepenny thrip to cloake a procuresse. 1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. i. 29 Why, if you will have it, you are a little better than a procuress: you carry messages betwixt party and party. 1707 T. Bocks Comical Bargain 2 His lucky Stars brought him acquainted with an old Procuress, alias, half Bawd, half Match-maker. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 266. ⁋4 Who should I see there but the most artful Procuress in the Town. 1758 J. Grainger tr. Tibullus Elegies I. vi. 85 From you my Ruin, curst Procuress, rose. 1818 Times 30 Jan. 3/4 In a few minutes she made her appearance, dressed out in the modern fashion, and not a bad personification of Hogarth's procuress. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lii. 75 For fear divine philosophy Should push beyond her mark, and be Procuress to the Lords of Hell. View more context for this quotation 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xiii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 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. 1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 255 M. Flambert smacked his saurian lips, and Mme Flambert, with her mouth full of pins, mumbled over her like a beneficent procuress. 1982 F. Raphael Byron 30 His sexual gluttony was marked enough for even a seasoned French procuress to advise him to season ardour with delicacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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