Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pimp

Pimp (pimp) , noun

[Compare French pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Compare Pipe.]

One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. — Swift

Pimp (pimt; 215) , intransitive verb

To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. — Dryden