streetwalker

[ street-waw-ker ]

/ ˈstritˌwɔ kər /

noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets.

Words nearby streetwalker

streetcar, streetcar named desire, a, streetlight, streetology, streetscape, streetwalker, streetwear, streetwise, streetworker, strega, streicher

Origin of streetwalker

First recorded in 1585–95; street + walker

OTHER WORDS FROM streetwalker

street·walk·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for street-walker

If she wants to be a street-walker, let her be one, but she shall not stay here.
Jennie Gerhardt|Theodore Dreiser
One would say you are a Piccadilly street-walker and they wouldn't be far wrong.
My Neighbors|Caradoc Evans
She was a street-walker, nicknamed by her admirers the She-wolf.
The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski
Light in the vagabond, light in the mendicant, light in the thief, light in the street-walker.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo

She afterwards fell, became a street-walker, and died neglected and uncared for in the Infirmary.
At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts|James McLevy

British Dictionary definitions for street-walker

streetwalker

/ (ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə) /

noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets

Derived forms of streetwalker

streetwalking, noun, adjective

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