Definition of Bawd

1. Noun. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.


Definition of Bawd

1. n. 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.

2. v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.

Definition of Bawd

1. Noun. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress. ¹

2. Noun. A lewd person. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bawd

1. a madam [n -S] - See also: madam

Medical Definition of Bawd

1. 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. Origin: OE. Baude, OF. Balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. Fr. OHG. Bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. Baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawd

bavenite
bavette
bavin
bavins
bavituximab
bavituxumab
baw caw
bawan
bawbee
bawbees
bawble
bawbles
bawbling
bawcock
bawcocks
bawdier
bawdies
bawdiest
bawdily
bawdiness
bawdinesses
bawdkin
bawdkins
bawdric
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdries
bawds

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