bawd Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
    fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore; tart.

WordNet

Bawd noun
Etymology
OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry.
Definitions
  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.
Bawd intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To procure women for lewd purposes.

Webster 1913