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Word: Bawd
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: shortened from obsolete bawdstrot, from Old French baudestroyt ‘procuress’, from baude ‘shameless’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bɔːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a woman in charge of a brothel.
Short Definition:woman in charge of brothel
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