Bawd

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
from The 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]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bawd \Bawd\, v. i.
   To procure women for lewd purposes.
   [1913 Webster]
from 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
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