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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bawd \Bawd\, n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry,
     perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf.
     {Bold}, {Bawdry}.]
     A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women
     for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person;
     -- usually applied to a woman.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bawd \Bawd\, v. i.
     To procure women for lewd purposes.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bawd
       n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {prostitute},
            {cocotte}, {whore}, {harlot}, {tart}, {cyprian}, {fancy
           woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {lady of
           pleasure}, {woman of the street}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "bawd":
     fancy man, gigolo, harlot, hooker, madam, maquereau, meretrix,
     moll, nightwalker, pander, panderer, pimp, poule, procurer,
     procuress, streetwalker, white slaver, whore
  
  

















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