Meaning of proxenet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A negotiator; a factor, especially one who negotiates marriages.
2. A madam; a woman who runs a brothel.

Examples

“the common Proxenet or Contractor of all natural Matches and Marriages betwixt Forms and Matter”

“Let therefore Love, which is the Proxenet of Nature , the great instrument of conciliating hearts , beget in thee a return and retribution of Love, and never think of those streams of blood which so copioufly flowed from the wounded body of thy dying Lord, without a passive and melting spirit;”

“And having not done it, it's clear that he acted not as a proxenet, but judged himself bound for the Price.”

“For centuries it has been the cherished dream of a few philosophers and many divines to be the proxenet of a marriage altogether above the earth , and to associate their names with the sure and final wedlock of science and theology.”

“If taken against their consent, the procuress, or the proxenet who has caused the ruin of the firl less than twenty-one, is severely punished.”

“An old proxenet in Paris requested the authorities to transfer the management of her brothel to her daughter, aged nineteen.”

“Pimps and proxenets took specific charge of the managerial and financial aspects of prosti- tution , and supervised financial transactions with the clients , in addition to purchasing young orphans or abandoned children whom they trained for prostitution.”

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