bawd

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bawd

B0119700 (bôd)n.1. A woman who keeps a brothel; a madam.2. A woman prostitute.

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[Middle English, probably from Old French baud, merry, licentious, from Old Saxon bald, bold, merry; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

bawd

(bɔːd) n1. (Professions) a person who runs a brothel, esp a woman2. (Professions) a prostitute[C14: shortened from Old French baudetrot, from baude feminine of baud merry + trot one who runs errands; compare Old High German bald bold]

bawd

(bɔd)

n. 1. a woman who maintains a brothel; madam. 2. a prostitute. [1325–75; Middle English bawde, n. use of Middle French baude, feminine of baud jolly, dissolute < Germanic; compare Old English bald bold]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bawd - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for moneycocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girlcall girl - a female prostitute who can be hired by telephonecamp follower - a prostitute who provides service to military personnelcomfort woman, ianfu - a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman"demimondaine - a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable societyhustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, floozie, floozy, hooker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streetswhite slave - a woman sold into prostitutionadult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

bawd

nounA woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment:call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore.Slang: hooker, moll.Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night.

Translations

ruffianatenutaria di una casa chiusa