Re: What's a rabatteuse?

Florian Anwander wrote:
> Hi
>
> As far as I know "un rabatteur" is another word for "un traqueur",
> which means a "beater"; the helping hand at a hunt who chases the
> animals from the brushwood towards the hunters.

Yes that's right.

> So I assume in a figurative sense it is meant not as the madam of a
> brothel, but as a bawd or procuress. En francais: "une entremetteuse".

It is figurative of course but 'entremetteuse' is a little too soft, 
literally meaning someone (f) between, so could just be one of those 
people who link up others, a marriage maker etc. There is a certain 
obligation, even violence in the word 'rabatteuse'.

> Florian (translating from french to english as a german)

And managing very well.