proxenet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A negotiator; a factor, especially one who negotiates marriages.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Latin proxeneta, from Ancient Greek.