1. A man who is effeminate in their manner and fussy in the way they dress
   "He was often mocked for being a ponce due to his flamboyant style"
    
2. Someone who procures customers for whores
   "The ponce operated in the shadows of the city's red-light district";
   - pimp, procurer, panderer, pander [archaic], pandar [archaic]

1. [Brit, vulgar] Arrange for sexual partners for others
   "The criminal was arrested for poncing in the red-light district";
   - pander [archaic], pimp, procure
    
2. Behave in an affected or effeminate manner
   "He was accused of poncing about in his fancy clothes"
    
3. Get from somebody without paying or doing anything in return
   "He's always poncing cigarettes off his mates"

Derived forms: ponces, ponced, poncing

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], cater, chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, offender, provide, put up, sod [informal], supply, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Ponce, Puerto Rico