女衒ぜげん

noun

pimp; procurer

Archaic term for a person who sold women into prostitution, especially in the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、女衒ぜげんは遊ゆう郭かくに女じょ性せいを売うる仕し事ごとをしていた。

  In the Edo period, zegen made a living by selling women to brothels.