prosser

P3R1O1S1S1E1R1
/ˈpɹɒsə(ɹ)/

noun

One who prosses; a sponger or scrounger.

OriginWelsh ap →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

prosser1

nounprosser (plural prossers)

plural prossers

  1. UKobsoleteslangOne who prosses; a sponger or scrounger.

    […] 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, […]

    1958, Guy Deghy, Paradise in the Strand: The Story of Romano's, page 164

Prosser2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  2. A former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States.
  3. A village in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Washington, United States.

Origin

prosser · noun

From pross + -er.

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Prosser · proper noun

  1. Welshap
  2. EnglishProsser

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pressor
Cite this entry
APA

prosser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosser

MLA

“prosser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosser.

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