English

Noun

croziered abbot ‎(plural croziered abbots)

1. (archaic, British slang) A brothel bully; a man employed by a brothel as the equivalent of bouncer; a bodyguard for prostitutes.
2. (archaic, British slang) A pimp or brothel-owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution.

Synonyms

• abbot on the cross

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 3
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 4