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Definitions for: Bawd
[n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Bawd, v. i.
To procure women for lewd purposes.
Synonyms: cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, trollop, whore, woman of the street, working girl
See Also: adult female, call girl, camp follower, demimondaine, floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, white slave, woman
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