procurer
Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjʊəɹə/
The English word “procurer” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who procures or obtains things
- A person who procures customers for prostitutes.
- A person who incites or riles; an instigator.
Etymology
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.
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