The story
- French · borrowed fromsouteneur
- English todaysouteneur
From French souteneur (literally “one who supports”), from the verb soutenir.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
souteneur
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
French souteneur