procurer

[proh-kyoo r-er, pruh-] /proʊˈkyʊər ər, prə-/
noun
1.
a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English (see procure, -er1); replacing Middle English procurour < Anglo-French ≪ Latin prōcūrātōr- (stem of prōcūrātor) procurator
Examples from the web for procurer
  • The procurer general must approve continued detention.
British Dictionary definitions for procurer

procurer

/prəˈkjʊərə/
noun
1.
a person who procures, esp one who procures women or girls as prostitutes
Word Origin and History for procurer
n.

late 14c., "advocate, spokesman," from Anglo-French procurour, Old French procureur (13c., Modern French procureur), from Latin procuratorem (see procurator). Meaning "contriver" is from mid-15c. Specifically of one who supplies women to gratify the lusts of another from 1630s. Fem. form procuress is shortened from Old French procureresse.