三者均指参与妇女卖淫活动者。其中，bawd ( “鸨婆”或 “鸨公”）用于指为妓女拉客者（尤指妇女），其为旧用语（archaic word), 现已鲜见[1]。panderer则为“组织卖淫嫖娼者”， 专指招募妓女或为他人安排场所卖淫嫖娼者（recruiting prostitutes of arranging a situation for another to practice prostitution)[2] 。pimp则为“皮条客”，指替妓女拉客且从中分得该妓女卖淫所得中的—定利益者(soliciting customers for a prostitute in return for a share of the prostitute's earnings) [3] 。

[1] "A person, usu. a woman, who solicits customers for a prostitute. ”Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition, at p. 146，West Group (1999).
[2] Cf. Linda Picard Wood, J. D. Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law，at p. 349， Merriam -Webster, Incorporated Springfield, Massachusetts (1996).
[3] Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition, at p. 1168，West Group (1999).