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streetwalker

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹiːtˌwɔːkə/
  • General-American: /ˈstɹitˌwɔkɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotch, blouze, blowen, blowsabella, brass nail, brasser, brass, broad, business girl, calico queen, callet, cat, chippy, chromo, coaster, cockatrice, cocotte, comfort girl, comfort woman, commoner, Covent Garden nun, creature of the night, croshabell, daughter of joy, dollymop, doxy, drab, Dutch widow, escort, fille de joie, flap, floozie, fornicatrix, frail sister, Fulham virgin, gamester, gay lady, geebag, gillian, gill, girl of the game, girl rented overnight, good-time girl, GRO, hackney, harlot, Haymarket ware, hireling, 'ho, hoer, hoe, hook, hooker, hustler, Japayuki-san, jay, karayuki-san, laced mutton, lady of leisure, lady of light virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the game, lady of the night, lightskirt, loose woman, meat puppet, mermaid, minx, mob, moll, mort wap-apace, mot, mud kicker, mud-kicker, mudkicker, musk cat, mutton, nun, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavé, nymph of the pavement, painted lady, Paphian, party girl, pavement princess, perdita, pimpette, pretty horsebreaker, priestess of Venus, pro skirt, prossie, prossy, pross, prostie, prostitute, prostitutor, prosty, prozzie, prozzy, pro, public woman, pucelle, puella publica, pug, punk, pussygirl, puta, put, quail, quean, quene, quiff, ribibe, scrubber, sex labourer, sex worker, skainsmate, skivvy, slag, slapper, slit, slut, sodomitess, soiled dove, stem siren, stew, street taco, strumpet, succubus, tart, tawaif, thotty, thot, tib, tom, treddle, trick turner, trollop, trug, trull, tweak, vice girl, wanton, wapping dell, wapping moll, wapping mort, wench, whore, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill fame, woman of ill repute, woman of the night, woman of the street, woman of the town, working girl

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street

History

Etymology

From street + walker.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: уличница (uličnica) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Chinese Mandarin: 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流鶯 /流莺 (liúyīng) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Dutch: tippelaarster — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: fille publique — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: fille de trottoir — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: fille des rues — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: racoleuse — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: pierreuse — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • French: péripatéticienne — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • German: Strichmädchen — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • German: Bordsteinschwalbe — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Greek: τροτέζα (trotéza) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Ancient Greek: περίπολις (perípolis) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Hungarian: utcalány — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Irish: striapach sráide — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: prostituta — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: puttana — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: mignotta — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: sgualdrina — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: baldracca — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: squillo — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Italian: peripatetica — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Japanese: 街娼 (gaishō) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Macedonian: ули́чарка (ulíčarka) — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Navajo: kiyąąh sizíní — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Polish: prostytutka — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Polish: ulicznica — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Portuguese: puta — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Portuguese: prostituta — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Portuguese: rapariga — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Romanian: femeie de stradă — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Romanian: prostituată — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Romanian: târfă — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Russian: проститу́тка — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Scottish Gaelic: strìopach sràide — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Serbo-Croatian: uličarka — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
  • Spanish: puta callejera — prostitute who looks for clients on the streets