What is "procuress"

Usage examples of "procuress".

After living for two or three years in the vilest haunts in London, Lucie came to Holland, where, not being able to sell her own person any longer, she became a procuress --a natural ending to her career.

He was President of the Inquisition, and every morning he imprisoned the procuress who had furnished him with the girl with whom he had supped and slept.

I made him dine with me, and then we went to see the well-known procuress, Mrs.

She has very narrow ideas, and always thinks that governess and procuress mean the same thing.

I saw that the woman was a procuress, and I only replied with a smile of contempt.

I had not the strength to go away without giving her anything, and the procuress was sharp enough to know it.

Once a year their High Procuress comes to Ramaskhan looking for male slaves.

The High Procuress turned away from him, and hurried off down the corridor.

To his surprise he found the High Procuress awaiting him in his bathing room.

High Procuress, returning to her palace, where she called Zeras and Vernus to her privately.

High Priestess, Uphala, and the High Procuress, Zenaida, to tell them of my decision to take Dagon of Aramas as my mate.

The cacophony of chatter died immediately as the queen, the High Priestess, and the High Procuress entered the royal enclosure.

The palace of the High Procuress was a gracious structure of creamy marble.

The two women embraced, and then the queen took her leave of the High Procuress, returning to her palace, where she called Zeras and Vernus to her privately.

She might have been bought by a toff, then despised in society, or taken by a procuress for one of the many bawdy-houses that lined the alleyways.