streetwalker

[ street-waw-ker ]
/ ˈstritˌwɔ kər /

noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets.

Origin of streetwalker

First recorded in 1585–95; street + walker

OTHER WORDS FROM streetwalker

street·walk·ing, noun

Example sentences from the Web for streetwalker

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

    L'Assommoir |Emile Zola
  • He hated her for being a streetwalker and for being taller than he, and began to swear at her.

    The Judge |Rebecca West
  • You're the first man ever came to the house who didn't look at me as if I was a streetwalker.

    Wide Courses |James Brendan Connolly
  • I saw you go into the Grand-Balcon with that streetwalker Adèle.

    L'Assommoir |Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for streetwalker

streetwalker
/ (ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə) /

noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets

Derived forms of streetwalker

streetwalking, noun, adjective