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procurer是什么意思

procurer

英 [prə'kjʊərə] 美
  • n. 拉皮条者

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procurer 拉皮条者

来自procure,费力取得,获得,-er,人。来自该词的古词义。

英文词源


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.

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