streetwalker

noun

street·​walk·​er ˈstrēt-ˌwȯ-kər How to pronounce streetwalker (audio)
plural streetwalkers
: sex worker
especially : one who solicits in the streets (see street entry 1 sense 1a) compare call girl
streetwalking noun

Examples of streetwalker in a Sentence

the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques
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Nickel-and-dime-bag bodegas and juice shops right up until the internet and cell phones abruptly made those as passé as streetwalkers. Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024 Blade-brandishing streetwalker Sweet Thing (Brittney Mack), strutting in a fur coat. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024 A week later, on Oct. 21, another streetwalker, Matilda Clover, was found in her room screaming in pain and wracked by seizures. Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021 Finally, a Cinderella for streetwalkers and gym rats! Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for streetwalker 

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of streetwalker was in 1591

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Cite this Entry

“Streetwalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetwalker. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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