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Webster 1913 Edition

Bawd

Bawd

,
Noun.
[OE.
baude
, OF.
balt
,
baut
,
baude
, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG.
bald
bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W.
baw
dirt. Cf.
Bold
,
Bawdry
.]
A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; – usually applied to a woman.

Bawd

,
Verb.
I.
To procure women for lewd purposes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bawd

BAWD

,
Noun.
[Gr.,a procurer or procuress.]
A procurer or procuress. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, and conducts criminal intrigues. [Usually applied to females.]

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