Found 2 items, similar to bawd.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bawd bawd n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, tart, cyprian, fancy woman , working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure , woman of the street]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bawd 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] Bawd \Bawd\, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes. [1913 Webster]