bawd

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BAWD

a woman who engages in sexual activities for money <in the 17th century the port was a notorious hangout for Caribbean pirates and their bawds>

Synonyms bawd, call girl, cocotte, courtesan, drab, harlot, hooker, hustler, sex worker, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore

Related Words madam, madame; white slave; bimbo [slang], chippie (also chippy), doxy (also doxie), floozy (or floozie), tramp; bitch, hussy, jade, minx; coquette, flirt, libertine, siren, tempter, temptress, vamp, wench

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