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bawd

  [bawd]
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–noun
1. a woman who maintains a brothel; madam.
2. a prostitute.
3. Archaic. a procuress.
Origin:
1325–75; ME bawde, n. use of MF baude, fem. of baud jolly, dissolute < WGmc; cf. OE bald bold
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bawd   (bôd)   
n.  

  1. A woman who keeps a brothel; a madam.

  2. A woman prostitute.


[Middle English, probably from Old French baud, merry, licentious, from Old Low German bald, bold, merry; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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