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bawd

/bɔːd/

/bɔd/

bawdnoun

bawds

/bɔːd/

/bɔd/

Translations

сводня

The bawd was known for running a notorious brothel in the city.

Сводня была известна тем, что управляла печально известным борделем в городе.

Additional translations

посредник

сутенер

Definitions

A woman who keeps or runs a brothel; a madam.

The bawd was well-known in the town for her discreet establishment.

A person, of any gender, who procures sexual customers for prostitutes; a pimp or procurer.

He was arrested for working as a bawd on the city’s waterfront.

A prostitute.

The old bawd plied her trade in the taverns of the port.

A lewd or dissolute person.

He dismissed the poet as a drunken bawd unfit for polite company.

Synonyms

brothel keeper

bawdverb

bawded

Past Simple

bawded

Past Participle

bawding

Gerund

/bɔːd/

/bɔd/

Archaic/rare verb meaning ‘to act as a bawd; to procure customers for prostitution’

Definitions

To act as a bawd; to procure sexual partners or customers for prostitutes.

They earned a living by bawding for the men stationed at the garrison.

Synonyms

pander

pimp

procure

keep a brothel

run a brothel

solicit