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Prosser

//ˈpɹɒsə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  2. 2
    A former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States.
  3. 3
    A village in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Benton County, Washington, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who prosses; a sponger or scrounger. UK, obsolete, slang

    "[…] swore that he had a vast income of his own and only borrowed money for the pleasure he got out of the process. A man unfleeced was a day lost in the life of Fatty. Seasoned bookies like Charlie Head or Dick Dunn, as shrewd a moneylender as Sam Lewis, or even other prossers, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Anglicised from Welsh ap + Rhosier, "son of Roger".

Etymology 2

From pross + -er.

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