bawd
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
bawd (plural bawds)
- (now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
- 1717, Ned Ward, British Wonders:
- As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds, and so assist their Neighbours.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 76:
- Compared with their opponents, bawds and their associates increasingly had deeper pockets and greater confidence in manipulating the law.
- 1717, Ned Ward, British Wonders:
- A lewd person.
bawd
Verbbawd (bawds, present participle bawding; past and past participle bawded)
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