bawd:

(plural: ‘bawds‘)

‘prostitute’ = a woman who gives sexual pleasures to men who pay her; a woman who has sex for money

a person in charge of prostitutes in bawdy-house,

(a man in charge of prostitutes in olden days, and a woman in charge of prostitutes these days)

Dennis, the bawd of a bawdy-house with his prostitutes, Nevada, USA

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Surprisingly, a bawd, in the past as well as in the present, is hated, feared and respected at the same time.

In Nevada, USA, prostitution is legal and there are several safe bawdy houses run by male and female bawds.

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