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procuress
[ proh-kyoor-is, pruh- ]
noun
- a woman who procures prostitutes.
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Gender Note
See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of procuress1
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Example Sentences
A procuress then, who lived on the Pont des Tournelles, was visited one day by a knight, who put a ring into her hands.
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Instead of returning me to my home, the procuress left me in an isolated dwelling not far from Versailles.
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When the lady arrives, the introduction takes place, and the business is transacted, as far as the procuress is concerned.
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A cuckoo, her throat still happy from tasting all sorts of fruit-syrups, is cooing like a procuress.
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He curses a certain procuress, whom he overhears instructing his mistress in the arts of a courtesan.
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