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† ˈproxenete Obs.
Also 7 -et.
[a. F. proxénète (16th c. in Littré), or ad. L. proxenēta, ad. Gr. προξενητής a negotiator, agent, agent-n. f. προξενεῖν to be one's πρόξενος (see next), to manage for another.]
One who negotiates something, esp. a marriage; an agent, go-between, match-maker.
1659H. More Immort. Soul iii. iii. xiii. (1662) 203 He being the common proxenet or contractor of all natural matches and marriages betwixt forms and matter. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xli. 341 To supply the place of a..Proxenete or Mediator. 1813F. Douglas Anc. & Mod. Greeks 108 He then applies to some respectable matron..who assumes the name and character of the ancient Proxenete. |