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STREETWALKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does streetwalker mean?
• STREETWALKER (noun)
The noun STREETWALKER has 1 sense:
1. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Familiarity information: STREETWALKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker
Hypernyms ("streetwalker" is a kind of...):
bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
Derivation:
streetwalk (walk the streets in search of customers)
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