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bawd

UK
/bɔːd/
US
/bɔd/

Translations

bawdnoun
bawds
pl
UK
/bɔːd/
US
/bɔd/
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
Synonyms
madam
harlot
pimp
procuress
brothel keeper
bawdverb
bawded
Past Simple
bawded
Past Participle
bawding
Gerund
UK
/bɔːd/
US
/bɔd/
Archaic/rare verb meaning ‘to act as a bawd; to procure customers for prostitution’
Synonyms
pander
pimp
procure
keep a brothel
run a brothel
solicit

Definitions

bawdnoun
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.
bawdverb
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.
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