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procuress

noun
/pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs/

Etymology

From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure + -ess.

  1. derived from prōcūrō
  2. derived from procurer
  3. inherited from procuren
  4. formed as procuress — “procure + -ess”

Definitions

  1. A middlewoman

    A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.

  2. A female procurer.

    • Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA