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brothel-keeper

brothel-keeper is the alternative form of brothelkeeper.

Meaning of brothelkeeper

Noun

brothelkeeper (plural brothelkeepers)

  1. A person who runs a brothel, whether legally or illegally.
    • The police were, of course, only interested in this man as a big-time brothel-keeper and it was not until we expressed an interest in his finances that the Deuxième Bureau unearthed the parallel dossier which was running with their colleagues of the police department.1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 16
    Synonyms:
    bawd

Forms of brothel-keeper

pluralbrothel-keepers

Questions about brothel-keeper

What is brothel-keeper the alternative form of?
Brothel-keeper is the alternative form of brothelkeeper.

Words near brothel-keeper in the dictionary

  1. brothel creepers
  2. brothel house
  3. brothel houses
  4. brothel-house
  5. brothel-houses
  6. brothel-keeper
  7. brothel-keepers
  8. brotheler
  9. brothelers
  10. Brothelgate
  11. brothelgoer

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