bawd : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bawd	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bawd
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bawd n 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bawd \Bawd\, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.