Procurer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Procurer \Pro*cur"er\, n. [Cf. F. procureur.]
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     1. One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which,
        brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.
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     2. One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a
        pimp; a pander. --South.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  procurer
       n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they
            call a pimp a ponce) [syn: {pimp}, {panderer}, {pander},
             {pandar}, {fancy man}, {ponce}]
       2: someone who obtains or acquires; "the procurer of opera
          tickets" [syn: {securer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "procurer":
     accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, bawd, beholder,
     consignee, fancy man, getter, gigolo, hearer, holder, listener,
     looker, madam, maquereau, obtainer, pander, panderer, payee, pimp,
     procuress, receiver, recipient, spectator, taker, trustee, viewer,
     white slaver, whoremaster