bawdstrot

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• Bawdstrot — Combination of bawd = lively, shameless, immoral + trot = an old woman; abbr. as bawd in common usage. Originally used of elderly women, the madams of the time, the term became gender free and was applied to anyone who acted as a pimp and… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• bawd — [bɔ:d] noun archaic a woman in charge of a brothel. Origin ME: shortened from obs. bawdstrot, from OFr. baudestroyt procuress , from baude shameless …   English new terms dictionary

• bawd — n. a woman who runs a brothel. Etymology: ME bawdstrot f. OF baudetrot, baudestroyt procuress …   Useful english dictionary

• baustrott — var. of bawdstrot …   Useful english dictionary