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procurer

pro·cu·rer

UK/pɹəˈkjʊəɹə/ US/pɹəˈkjɔːɹə/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

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2.

someone who obtains or acquires

  • “the procurer of opera tickets”
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Origin

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.

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