Usually means: Manager of prostitutes; brothel keeper.
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  1. bawd: Merriam-Webster
  2. bawd: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bawd: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bawd: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Bawd, bawd: Wordnik
  7. bawd: Wiktionary
  8. bawd: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bawd: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. bawd: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bawd, bawd: Dictionary.com
  12. bawd: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Bawd: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bawd: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bawd: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bawd: Rhymezone
  17. Bawd: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bawd: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. bawd: FreeDictionary.org
  20. bawd: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. bawd: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bawd)

noun:  (archaic or historical) One who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
noun:  (obsolete, by extension) A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature.
noun:  A lewd person.
adjective:  (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay.
verb:  (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.

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