Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprōcūrātor
- Old Frenchprocureor
- Anglo-Normanprocurour
- Middle Englishprocurour
- Englishprocurer
Inherited from Middle English procurour, from Anglo-Norman procurour and continental Old French procureor, from Latin prōcūrātor; by surface analysis, procure + er. Doublet of proctor and procurator.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian сводник
- сводник (svodnik)one who procures customers for prostitutes
Greek προαγωγός
- προαγωγός (proagogós)one who procures customers for prostitutes
Hungarian kerítő, kerítőnő
- kerítőone who procures customers for prostitutes
- kerítőnőone who procures customers for prostitutes
Latin leno, lena
- lenoone who procures customers for prostitutes
- lenaone who procures customers for prostitutes
Polish alfons, burdelmama
- alfonsone who procures customers for prostitutes
- burdelmamaone who procures customers for prostitutes
- pośrednika person who procures or obtains things
- pośredniczkaa person who procures or obtains things
Russian сво́дник
- сво́дник (svódnik)one who procures customers for prostitutes
Swedish hallick, sutenör
- hallickone who procures customers for prostitutes
- sutenörone who procures customers for prostitutes
- skaffarea person who procures or obtains things
Cite this entry
procurer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procurer
“procurer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procurer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “procurer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procurer.
Source: procurer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.