procurer

[ proh-kyoor-er, pruh- ]

/ proʊˈkyʊər ər, prə- /

noun

a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.

Origin of procurer

1350–1400; Middle English (see procure, -er¹); replacing Middle English procurour<Anglo-French ≪ Latin prōcūrātōr- (stem of prōcūrātor) procurator

Words nearby procurer

procurator, procurator fiscal, procuratory, procure, procurement, procurer, procuress, procursive epilepsy, Procyon, Procyonidae, prod

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Example sentences from the Web for procurer

The common report hath gone, that earle Edrike was the procurer of this villanous act, and that (as some write) his sonne did it.
Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete|Raphaell Holinshed
And what credit can the poor clerk of a procurer have, pray?
Ten Years Later|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
One of these, The Prisse Papyrus, so named from its procurer, is held to be the oldest papyrus in existence.
The Reign of the Manuscript|Perry Wayland Sinks
In their letter to the procurer they literally wrote: It is self-understood that we cannot pay anything in advance.
Woman and Socialism|August Bebel

No words of judge or moralist are too strong to condemn the procurer and his master, the divekeeper.
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls|Various

British Dictionary definitions for procurer

procurer

feminine procuress (prəˈkjʊərɪs)

/ (prəˈkjʊərə) /

noun

a person who procures, esp one who procures women or girls as prostitutes

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单词	procurer
释义	procurer [ proh-kyoor-er, pruh- ] / proʊˈkyʊər ər, prə- / noun a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp. Origin of procurer 1350–1400; Middle English (see procure, -er¹); replacing Middle English procurour<Anglo-French ≪ Latin prōcūrātōr- (stem of prōcūrātor) procurator Words nearby procurer procurator, procurator fiscal, procuratory, procure, procurement, procurer, procuress, procursive epilepsy, Procyon, Procyonidae, prod Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for procurer The common report hath gone, that earle Edrike was the procurer of this villanous act, and that (as some write) his sonne did it. Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete\|Raphaell Holinshed And what credit can the poor clerk of a procurer have, pray? Ten Years Later\|Alexandre Dumas, Pere One of these, The Prisse Papyrus, so named from its procurer, is held to be the oldest papyrus in existence. The Reign of the Manuscript\|Perry Wayland Sinks In their letter to the procurer they literally wrote: It is self-understood that we cannot pay anything in advance. Woman and Socialism\|August Bebel No words of judge or moralist are too strong to condemn the procurer and his master, the divekeeper. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls\|Various British Dictionary definitions for procurer procurer feminine procuress (prəˈkjʊərɪs) / (prəˈkjʊərə) / noun a person who procures, esp one who procures women or girls as prostitutes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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