English Explanatory Dictionary

procurer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who procures or obtains things
  2. A person who procures or obtains things:
  3. A person who procures customers for prostitutes.
  4. A person who incites or riles; an instigator.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈkjʊəɹə/ /pɹəˈkjɔːɹə/ /pɹəˈkjʊɹə/ /pɹəˈkjəɹə/

Word forms

procurer procurers

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procurour, from Anglo-Norman procurour and continental Old French procureor, from Latin prōcūrātor; by surface analysis, procure + er. Doublet of proctor and procurator.

Synonyms

pander panderer pimp

Translations

Swedish: skaffare
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