Barbel : nm Un barbel is a freshwater, barbel fish with esteemed flesh.
Pimp (Individual who lives off procuring).
We also say: goatee, barb, barbiquet, barbiset.
Bread crumb bar: small pimp.
Bareau café-crème: beginner pimp with no winner.
By extension: person who protects and watches over someone.
"The barbel of one of my friends organized a departure of women to serve in brasseries-brothels" (Guillaume Apollinaire, The Eleven Thousand Yards).