Hi Prof. Hardwick,

Yes, I really did consult 24 dictionaries. I know it was crazy, but, taking a piece from Steve Martin, "I'm a wild and crazy guy!" I did not go to the length you did with the definition, but normally used the first noun definition. For your viewing pleasure...

1. Compact Oxford English Dictionary -- a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return.
2. Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition -- somebody soliciting for prostitutes: somebody, usually a man, who finds customers for a prostitute in return for a portion of the prostitute's earnings.
3. Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition -- a man who solicits clients for a prostitute.
4. Cambridge International Dictionary of English -- a man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn.
5. Wiktionary -- a person who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
6. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. -- a man who is an agent for a prostitute or prostitutes and lives off their earnings; procurer.
7. The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus -- a person, usu. a man, who secures customers for and manages a prostitute's business for money.
8. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language -- one who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.
9. Infoplease Dictionary -- a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
10. Dictionary.com -- a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
11. Online Etymology Dictionary -- a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
12. Ultralingua English Dictionary -- one who procures customers for whores.
13. Cambridge Dictionary of American English -- a man who controls prostitutes (= people who are paid to have sex) and takes some of the money that they earn.
14. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia -- a pimp (also called fleshmonger) finds and manages clients for prostitutes and engages them in prostitution (in brothels in most cases and some cases street prostitution) in order to profit from their earnings.
15. Online Plain Text English Dictionary -- one who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.
16. Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition -- one who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.
17. RhymeZone -- someone who procures customers for whores.
18. AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary -- a person who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
19. Webster's 1828 Dictionary -- a man who provides gratifications for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.
20. Double-Tongued Word Wrester -- NOTE: Only definition provided: v. (by senior medical personnel) to badger a student doctor with medical questions (as a teaching method).
21. Wordnet 3.0 -- someone who procures customers for whores.
22. WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper -- someone who procures customers for whores.
23. LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus -- someone who procures customers for whores.
24. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition -- one who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.

And for good measure...

25. Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition -- a man who obtains customers for a prostitute, in return for a share of his or her earnings.

Tom
South Central Virginia & More
http://socenva.com

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