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(bôd)

noun

Literary a person, now esp. a woman, who keeps a brothel; madam
Rare a prostitute

Origin: ME baude, lewd person < ? OFr baud, merry, licentious (< Frank bald, bold) > Fr baudet, donkey, also (in Picardy) loose woman

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noun

A woman who keeps a brothel; a madam.
A woman prostitute.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , probably from Old French baud, merry, licentious

Origin: , from Old Low German bald, bold, merry; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots

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