Proxeneta
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civil law. A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract betwcen two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiated a marriage; a match-maker. Calvin.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civil law.
— Among the Romans these. persons whose functions somewhat resembled the brokers of modern commercial nations. Dig. 50, 14, 3; Domat, I. 1, t. 17, § 1, art. 1.