Ponce

[pons] /pɒns/

noun, British Slang.
1.
a pimp.
2.
a campily effeminate male.
[pawn-se] /ˈpɔn sɛ/
noun
1.
a seaport in S Puerto Rico.
/pɒns/
noun
1.
a man given to ostentatious or effeminate display in manners, speech, dress, etc
2.
another word for pimp1
verb
3.
(intransitive; often foll by around or about) to act like a ponce
/Spanish ˈpɔnθe/
noun
1.
a port in S Puerto Rico, on the Caribbean: the second largest town on the island; settled in the 16th century. Pop: 185 930 (2003 est)
n.

slang term, chiefly British, 1872, originally “a pimp, a man supported by women” (pouncey in same sense is attested from 1861), of unknown origin, perhaps from French pensionnaire “boarder, lodger, person living without working.” Meaning “male homosexual” first attested 1932 in Auden [OED]. Also as a verb. Related: Poncey.

noun

A pimp, or any man supported by a woman (1872+ chiefly British)

verb

: He quit work and took to poncing

[origin unknown; perhaps fr French pensionnaire, ”boarder, lodger, person living without working”]