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Souteneur

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A man who protects, and commonly compels, a prostitute of any gender and lives off the earnings; a pimp. Originally a Parisian term, but since adopted into other languages such as English.

    "The souteneur ... though he lives in comparative comfort from what his mistress gives him, he rarely makes a big haul. His mistress gone, the pot ceases to boil; in fact, he calls her his marmite."

Etymology

From French souteneur (literally “one who supports”), from the verb soutenir.

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