Bawd
Bawd ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English baude, Old French balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. from Old High German bald bold; or from Celtic, compare Welsh baw dirt. Compare Bold, Bawdry.]
A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
Bawd , intransitive verb
To procure women for lewd purposes.