| 释义 |
coupleress rare.|ˈkʌplərɪs|
[f. prec. + -ess.]
A female coupler; a woman who brings couples together.
1864W. Bell in N. & Q. V. 442 These old witches were frequently bawds and coupleresses at Rome. 1885R. F. Burton 1001 Nights I. 338 note, So the Germ. ‘Kupplerinn’, a Coupleress. It is one of the many synonyms for a pimp. |
