bawd

Etymology

From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold.

noun

1. (now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
   As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds, and so assist their Neighbours. 1717, Ned Ward, British Wonders
   Compared with their opponents, bawds and their associates increasingly had deeper pockets and greater confidence in manipulating the law. 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 76
2. A lewd person.

adj

1. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay.

verb

1. (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.