bawd

1. (archaic or historical) One who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.Examples: "Of late in the Park, a fair fancy was seen / Betwixt an old Baud and a lusty young Quean, / Their parting of Money began the uproar, / I'll have half says the Baud, but you shan't says the Whore"; "As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds, and so assist their Neighbours."; "[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]"archaichistorical

2. (obsolete, by extension) A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature.Examples: "In ſaying this thou wrongſt me Gaueſton, / Iſt not enough that thou corrupts my Lord, / And art a Bawd to his affections, / But thou muſt call mine honour thus in queſtion?"broadlyobsolete