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15 words match “CURER”

CURER n. 2 definitions
One who cures; a healer; a physician.
OBSCURER n.
One who, or that which, obscures.
PROCURER n. 2 definitions
One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.
SECURER n.
One who, or that which, secures.
BAWD n.
A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
BROKE v.
To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. Shak.
BROKER n.
A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] Shak. Bill broker, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. -- Curbstone broker or Street broker, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] -- Exchange broker, one who b…
FLESHMONGER n.
One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [R.] Shak.
GO-BETWEEN n.
An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.
PANDER n.
A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. Shak.
PIMP n.
One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.
PROCURESS n.
A female procurer, or pander.
PURVEYOR n.
a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison.
PUTOUR n.
A keeper of a brothel; a procurer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WHOREMASTER n.
One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.