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bawd
 
PRONUNCIATION:  bôd
NOUN:1. A woman who keeps a brothel; a madam. 2. A woman prostitute.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, probably from Old French baud, merry, licentious, from Old Low German bald, bold, merry. See bhel-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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