bawd

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
2. (obsolete) A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature.
3. A lewd person.

Adj

Joyous; riotously gay.

Verb

To procure women for lewd purposes.

Sinônimos

procuress

prostitute

whore

pimp

lady of pleasure

sporting lady

cocotte

working girl

pander

cyprian

harlot

fancy woman

woman of the street

tart

madam

whoremonger

prostitution

go-between

hack

indecency

mac

panderer

ponce

procurer

producer

whoremaster

celestine

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bɔːd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold.