Bawd (noun)
bawd
(Archaic) a woman who maintains a brothel; madam.
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English bawde, noun use of Middle French baude, feminine of baud “jolly, dissolute,” from West Germanic; compare Old English bald bold. Also gives us bawdy.
Example sentences
“In the 1800s the port was a notorious hangout for Caribbean pirates and their bawds.”
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