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Definition of Procuress
1. Noun. A woman pimp.
Definition of Procuress
1. n. A female procurer, or pander.
Definition of Procuress
1. Noun. A female procurer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Procuress
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Procuress
Literary usage of Procuress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"A cant term for a woman of bad character, either prostitute or procuress. The lark
thut tirra-lirra ..."
2. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"For a dream in which a crow appears as symbolic of a trouble- causing procuress, cf.
Ov., Am. III, 5. For Tranio (as a crow) and two old men (as vultures), ..."
3. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"For a dream in which a crow appears as symbolic of a trouble- causing procuress, cf.
Ov., Am. IIl, 5. For Tranio (as a crow) and two old men (as vultures), ..."
4. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"... related:— The Story of the Prince and the procuress " In the city of '
Golden-Streets' there reigned a valorous King, named Vira-vikrama, whose officer ..."
5. Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome edited by William Peter (1847)
"THE procuress. WITH fresh recruits she still augments her stock, Moulding the
young novitiate to her trade; Form, feature, manners, every thing so changed, ..."
6. Oriental Literature by Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson (1900)
"... related :— The Story of the Prince and the procuress " In the city of '
Golden-Streets' there reigned a valorous ..."
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