procurer
/pɹəʊˈkjʊɹə/proh-KYUU-rur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/pɹoʊˈkjʊɹɚ/proh-KYUU-rur
Meaningone who procures
Common meaning: a person who obtains things, especially illicitly
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- proforward; forth
- curcare, concernLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 500 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘forward’ + ‘care, concern’ → procurer
Journey through time
- Latincūra‘care, concern’
- Englishprocure‘to obtain with care’
- Englishformed in English from procureprocurer‘a person who obtains things, especially illicitly’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from procure + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROCURE, p.468 · scan
Roots
- cūra Latin “care, concern”
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