1. [vulgar, archaic] Someone, esp. a woman, who engages in sexual intercourse for money
   "The historical novel depicted the life of a bawd in Victorian London";
   - prostitute [informal], cyprian [archaic, informal], prozzie [slang], wench [archaic], trull [archaic]
    
2. Person who keeps a brothel or arranges sexual encounters for payment
   "The bawd controlled several houses in the red-light district"

Derived forms: bawds

Type of: adult female, woman

Encyclopedia: Bawd