streetwalker

[ street-waw-ker ]

noun

1. a prostitute who solicits on the streets.

streetwalker

/ ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə /

noun

1. a prostitute who solicits on the streets

Derived Forms

• ˈstreetˌwalking, nounadjective

Other Words From

• streetwalking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of streetwalker¹

First recorded in 1585–95; street + walker

Example Sentences

Even the neat little clockmaker was said to have carried on with his own daughter, a streetwalker.

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You're the first man ever came to the house who didn't look at me as if I was a streetwalker.

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He hated her for being a streetwalker and for being taller than he, and began to swear at her.

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I saw you go into the Grand-Balcon with that streetwalker Adèle.

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