Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bawd"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bawd \Bawd\, v. i.
To procure women for lewd purposes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bawd
n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {prostitute},
{cocotte}, {whore}, {harlot}, {trollop}, {tart}, {cyprian},
{fancy woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {lady of
pleasure}, {woman of the street}]
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