'Bawd' definitions:
Definition of 'bawd'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Bawd'
From: GCIDE
- Bawd \Bawd\, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bawd'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'bawd'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- fancy man,
- gigolo,
- harlot,
- hooker,
- madam,
- maquereau,
- meretrix,
- moll,
- nightwalker,
- pander,
- panderer,
- pimp,
- poule,
- procurer,
- procuress,
- streetwalker,
- white slaver,
- whore