procuress in English

noun
1
a female procurer.
Calisto yearns for Melibea and attains her with the aid of a wily procuress , after which the lovers promptly die.

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1. Late Middle English shortened from obsolete Bawdstrot, from Old French baudestroyt ‘procuress’, from baude ‘shameless’.

2. Bawdry Meaning: "pandering, business of a procuress," probably from Old French bauderie "boldness, ardor, elation,… See definitions of Bawdry.

3. Bawd (Noun) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress

4. Photos obtained by The Post on Thursday show former President Bill Clinton posing aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet — dubbed the “ Lolita Express ” — with the sex fiend’s alleged procuress