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PROCURESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does procuress mean?
• PROCURESS (noun)
The noun PROCURESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman pimp
Familiarity information: PROCURESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman pimp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("procuress" is a kind of...):
fancy man; pandar; pander; panderer; pimp; ponce; procurer (someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce))
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