The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.][1][2]
The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.[3][4]
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.[3][4]