souteneurn.

/suːtəˈnəː/

Etymology: French, = protector, < soutenir to sustain.

A man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute or prostitutes under his protection. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > living on earnings of prostitute > man who

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fancy man1811

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souteneur1906

Johnson1954

1906 tr. O. Weininger Sex & Character ii. x. 234 The souteneur is always a criminal, a thief, a fraudulent person, or sometimes even a murderer.

1920 A. Huxley Limbo 38 After midnight he would write novels with a feminine pen, earning the money that would make his unproductive male labours possible. A kind of spiritual souteneur.

1922 J. Galsworthy Windows iii, in Plays (1929) 732 As you know, sir,..there's a law nowadays against sootenors.

1927 Observer 11 Dec. 20/2 The souteneur..extends some shadowy kind of patronage and protection over the girl in return for a 50 per cent or still higher share of her earnings as prostitute.

1969 Punch 26 Mar. 469/1 The death-knell of revolution in Britain was the football match between strikers and the police in 1926. It was the moment when the Russian souteneurs of the British Communist Party realised with disgust that revolutions can't be made, they have to happen.

1977 M. T. Bloom 13th Man viii. 147 The underworld of traffickers, souteneurs, and prostitutes..at Buenos Aires.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	souteneur
释义	souteneurn. /suːtəˈnəː/ Etymology: French, = protector, < soutenir to sustain. A man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute or prostitutes under his protection. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > living on earnings of prostitute > man who jock-gagger1809 fancy man1811 fancy-bloke1846 ponce1859 John1906 souteneur1906 Johnson1954 1906 tr. O. Weininger Sex & Character ii. x. 234 The souteneur is always a criminal, a thief, a fraudulent person, or sometimes even a murderer. 1920 A. Huxley Limbo 38 After midnight he would write novels with a feminine pen, earning the money that would make his unproductive male labours possible. A kind of spiritual souteneur. 1922 J. Galsworthy Windows iii, in Plays (1929) 732 As you know, sir,..there's a law nowadays against sootenors. 1927 Observer 11 Dec. 20/2 The souteneur..extends some shadowy kind of patronage and protection over the girl in return for a 50 per cent or still higher share of her earnings as prostitute. 1969 Punch 26 Mar. 469/1 The death-knell of revolution in Britain was the football match between strikers and the police in 1926. It was the moment when the Russian souteneurs of the British Communist Party realised with disgust that revolutions can't be made, they have to happen. 1977 M. T. Bloom 13th Man viii. 147 The underworld of traffickers, souteneurs, and prostitutes..at Buenos Aires. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1906
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