proxenet

English

Etymology

Latin proxeneta, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

proxenet (plural proxenets)

1. A negotiator; a factor.
   • 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:

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

Derived terms

• proxenetism

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “proxenet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• pentorex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French proxénète.

Noun

proxenet m (plural proxeneți)

1. pimp

Declension

Declension of proxenet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) proxenet	proxenetul	(niște) proxeneți	proxeneții
genitive/dative	(unui) proxenet	proxenetului	(unor) proxeneți	proxeneților
vocative	proxenetule		proxeneților