bawd

  • 11bawd — /bod/ One who procures opportunities for persons of opposite sexes to cohabit in an illicit manner; who may be, while exercising the trade of a bawd, perfectly innocent of committing in his or her own proper person the crime either of adultery or …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12bawd — /bod/ One who procures opportunities for persons of opposite sexes to cohabit in an illicit manner; who may be, while exercising the trade of a bawd, perfectly innocent of committing in his or her own proper person the crime either of adultery or …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13bawd´i|ness — bawd|y «B dee», adjective, bawd|i|er, bawd|i|est, noun. –adj. not decent; lewd; obscene. SYNONYM(S): indecent, unchaste. –n …

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  • 14bawd-born — bawdˈ born adjective (Shakespeare) Born of a bawd • • • Main Entry: ↑bawd …

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  • 15bawd|y|house — «B dee HOWS», noun. = brothel. (Cf. ↑brothel) …

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  • 16bawd — noun Etymology: Middle English bawde Date: 14th century 1. obsolete pander 2. a. one who keeps a house of prostitution ; madam b. prostitute …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17bawd — noun /bɔd/ a) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; b) A lewd person …

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  • 18bawd — Synonyms and related words: fancy man, gigolo, harlot, hooker, madam, maquereau, meretrix, moll, nightwalker, pander, panderer, pimp, poule, procurer, procuress, streetwalker, white slaver, whore …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19bawd — Mawdesley Glossary bald …

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  • 20bawd — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart2, whore. Slang: hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue,… …

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