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Definition of Bawd
1. Noun. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
Specialized synonyms: Call Girl, Camp Follower, Comfort Woman, Ianfu, Demimondaine, Floozie, Floozy, Hooker, Hustler, Slattern, Street Girl, Streetwalker, White Slave
Generic synonyms: Adult Female, Woman
Derivative terms: Bawdy, Prostitute, Whore, Whore, Whoredom
Definition of Bawd
1. n. 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.
2. v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.
Definition of Bawd
1. Noun. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress. ¹
2. Noun. A lewd person. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bawd
1. a madam [n -S] - See also: madam
Medical Definition of Bawd
1. 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. Origin: OE. Baude, OF. Balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. Fr. OHG. Bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. Baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawd
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