rare. [f. prec. + -ESS.] A female coupler; a woman who brings couples together.
1864. W. Bell, in N. & Q., V. 442. These old witches were frequently bawds and coupleresses at Rome.
1885. R. F. Burton, 1001 Nights, I. 338, note. So the Germ. ‘Kupplerinn,’ a Coupleress. It is one of the many synonyms for a pimp.
