Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who obtains or acquires something: A procurer is someone who gets or secures items, often through effort or arrangement.
   • A person who solicits customers for a prostitute; a pimp: A procurer is someone who finds clients for sex workers, typically managing or exploiting them for financial gain.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Obtainer):
  • He acted as the procurer of rare books for the library's collection.
  • The procurer of opera tickets was thanked by the entire group.
• Noun (Pimp):
  • The police arrested the procurer who was exploiting vulnerable women.
  • In the legal case, he was identified as the procurer for the illicit operation.

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Historical Context: The term "procurer" can appear in legal texts and historical accounts describing someone who arranges or supplies something, which may or may not be illicit.
  • The agent acted as a procurer of state secrets for the foreign power.
• Formal/Archaic Use: In older or very formal contexts, it can simply mean a provider or obtainer.
  • He served as the royal procurer of spices and silks.

Variants and Related Words

• Procure (verb): To obtain something, especially with care or effort.
  • She managed to procure a last-minute visa.
• Procurement (noun): The action of obtaining or procuring something, often used in business and government contexts.
  • The company's procurement department handles all supplier contracts.
• Ponce (noun, chiefly British, informal): A term for a pimp; a man who lives off the earnings of a prostitute.
  • The novel's villain was a brutal ponce in London's underworld.

Synonyms

• Obtainer: A person who acquires or gets something.
• Pimp: A person who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking part of their earnings.
• Solicitor: In this specific context, one who seeks customers for prostitutes.
• Brothel-keeper: A person who owns or manages a brothel.

Related Phrases

• To procure something for someone: To obtain something on behalf of another person.
  • His job was to procure rare ingredients for the chef.
• To live off immoral earnings: A legal phrase often associated with the role of a procurer/pimp.
  • He was convicted for living off the immoral earnings of prostitution.

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms centered solely on the word "procurer." Its usage is typically direct and literal.

Noun

1. someone who obtains or acquires
   • the procurer of opera tickets
2. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)