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Procuress

//pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
  2. 2
    a woman pimp wordnet
  3. 3
    A female procurer.

    "The Spaniard, who will seduce any girl he can, is pitiless under like circumstances to his own womenkind; so there is much weeping, the girl is turned out of doors and falls readily into the hands of the procuress. In the brothels of Seville or of Madrid she finds at least a roof and bread to eat."

Etymology

From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure + -ess.

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