4 definitions found 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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