'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