n.

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

[Middle English, probably from Old French baud, merry, licentious, from Old Low German bald, bold, merry.]

noun

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore. Slang hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  Synonyms: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, trollop, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bordelmutter, rufferske

Nederlands (Dutch)
bordeelhoudster, prostituee

Français (French)
n. - catin (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bordellwirtin

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διευθύντρια οίκου ανοχής, μαντάμ, πόρνη

Italiano (Italian)
tenutaria di casa chiusa, mezzana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prostituta (f), alcoviteira (f)

Русский (Russian)
содержательница публичного дома

Español (Spanish)
n. - celestina, alcahueta, regente de un burdel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kopplerska, bordellmamma

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
鸨母, 妓女

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鴇母, 妓女

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 창녀 집의 여주인, 매춘부, 음담패설

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女郎屋のおかみ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فاجرة, قوادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעלת בית בושת‬

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