妓夫ぎゅう

noun

pimp; brothel tout

Refers to a person who solicits customers for a brothel or manages prostitutes. The reading ぎふ is standard; ぎゅう is an ateji reading associated with the rare kanji form 牛.

• 昔むかし、遊ゆう郭かくの前まえには妓ぎ夫ふが立たっていた。

  In the old days, brothel touts stood in front of the red-light district.