"procurer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: procurers [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|procurour}} Anglo-Norman procurour, {{uder|en|fro|procureor}} Old French procureor, {{suffix|en|procure|er|nocat=1}} procure + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} procurer (plural procurers)
  1. A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: pander, panderer, pimp Translations (one who procures customers for prostitutes): сводник (svodnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), προαγωγός (proagogós) [masculine] (Greek), kerítő (Hungarian), kerítőnő (Hungarian), leno [masculine] (Latin), lena [feminine] (Latin), сво́дник (svódnik) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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