procurer
/procurer/
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Definition
- 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
- someone who obtains or acquires
- the procurer of opera tickets
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)