ponce
noun/pɒns/
/pɑːns/
(British English, informal)- (taboo, offensive) an offensive word for a man whose appearance and behaviour seem similar to a woman’s, or who is thought to be gay
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- a man who controls one or several prostitutes and the money that they earn synonym pimp
Word Originlate 19th cent.: perhaps from the verb pounce.
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