bawd

4 definitions found

bawd - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

bawd - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bawd
      n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn:
           prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart,
           cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady,
           lady of pleasure, woman of the street]

bawd - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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