coupleressn.
/kʌpləˈrɛs/, /ˈkʌplərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkəplərəs/ rare.
A female coupler; a woman who brings couples together.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress
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coupleress1864
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1864 W. Bell in Notes & Queries V. 442 These old witches were frequently bawds and coupleresses at Rome.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. 338 (note) So the Germ. ‘Kupplerinn’, a Coupleress. It is one of the many synonyms for a pimp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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