ponce

A noun with two distinct meanings: it can refer to a man who is considered effeminate in manner and overly concerned with his appearance, or it can refer to a person who procures clients for prostitutes.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei Bedeutungen: ein Mann, der als tuntig oder weibisch in seinen Manieren gilt und übertrieben auf sein Äußeres bedacht ist, oder eine Person, die Freier an Prostituierte vermittelt.

1. Effeminate or fussy man C1 informal british

   A man who is considered effeminate in manner or overly concerned with his appearance and style.

   • He's a bit of a ponce, always checking his hair in the mirror.
   • Don't be such a ponce, just get your hands dirty.
   • The character in the play was portrayed as a fussy ponce.

   🇩🇪Geckenhafter Mann

   Synonyme: coxcombdandyfopnancypopinjaysissy

2. Pimp or procurer C1 informal british

   A man who controls prostitutes and lives off their earnings.

   • The police arrested the ponce who was running the operation.
   • He was known as a ponce in the criminal underworld.
   • The film depicted the life of a ponce in Victorian London.

   🇩🇪Zuhälter

   Synonyme: bawdfancy manpandererpimpprocurer

• ponces plural form
• ponces' possessive plural form
• ponce's possessive singular form