bawd
1
9.9
- noun
- /bɔd/
- Offensive
:
alcahueta
- You ain't the kind of man to go lusting after another man's wife, especially with them six bawds arriving in town.
Examples
-
A rich folks' bawd?" she asked, and I felt I detected (but perhaps I only imagined) a faint undertone of disappointment in her voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jolie-Gray wonders whether the elderly bawd is still practicing her.
Fiction book (2000) -
" He'll use you like a common bawd, you know.
Fiction book (1993) -
Is it not enough that thou corruptst my lord and art a bawd to his affection, but thou must call mine honor thus in question?
-
The six French bawds arriving in Sonora a week Saturday.
-
For all contestants... everything is on the house... except booze, betting and bawds.
-
His giggling conveys the secret agreement of his personal desires with what experience and memory tell him are the bawd's real plans.
Academic text (1995) -
From a quick perusal of the first, the three of us decided that it was a listing of prominent procurers, bawds, whoremasters, and houses of licentious entertainment.
Fiction book (1990) -
Indeed, she is on too good terms with the bawd and thus compels us to reach for other motives for her warmth—and for her mischievous giggle and her hasty exit.
Academic text (1995) -
The bawd skillfully managed the brothel and ensured the customers were satisfied.
Synonyms
203
9.5
A person who controls prostitutes and takes some of their money
26
9.5
A woman who runs a house where people pay for sex
3
9.8
A person who finds customers for prostitutes
1
9.9
A person who manages a brothel where people pay for sex
A woman who finds clients for prostitutes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bawd was also used for a woman who ran or managed a brothel and who arranged sexual meetings for others. The link to the word bawdy ('sexually rude') helps here too: a bawd organised the sexual business, which explains the modern sense of a manager or procuress.