Archaic countable noun meaning ‘a lewd person, esp. a prostitute’
Traductions
The constables arrested several lewds at the brothel.
Les constables ont arrêté plusieurs débauchés dans le bordel.
Traductions supplémentaires
profaneSens vieilli, personne non lettrée ou non instruite du point de vue religieux. Définitions
(Archaic) A lewd or sexually immoral person, especially a prostitute. The constables arrested several lewds at the brothel.
(Obsolete) A common or uneducated person; a layman. The scholar strove to instruct the lewds who gathered outside the cathedral.