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streetwalker

noun

street·​walk·​er ˈstrēt-ˌwȯ-kər How to pronounce streetwalker (audio)
: prostitute
especially : one who solicits in the streets compare call girl
streetwalking noun

Example Sentences

the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques
Recent Examples on the Web Also, Angel is a streetwalker who develops feelings for a new client, Stan, who has a loving wife, Patty. Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022 Roberts’ charm, vulnerability and beauty made the Cinderella story of a New York billionaire falling instantly in love with a Hollywood streetwalker seem somehow plausible on film. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022 Nana, published three years later, is the account of her zigzagging and ruinous ascent from streetwalker to courtesan during the last three years of the Second Empire. Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 The Midnight Cowboy–looking streetwalker offers back-alley back scratches for $11 a pop. Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2021 And at one unfortunate point, someone suggested that instead of being employed as one of Santa’s helpers, the character ultimately played by Zooey Deschanel should be a streetwalker. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020 The sequence comes at a crucial point for the streetwalker played by Roberts, who’s been given a Pygmalion glow-up and a trip to the San Francisco Opera by Richard Gere’s wealthy corporate raider. Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020 An American loves a Paris streetwalker while flying for France in World War I. (NR) 1 hr. Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 From his teens onward, Simenon had enjoyed the company of prostitutes, and there’s rarely an unsympathetic streetwalker, call girl, bar girl, dance-hall girl, mistress, or courtesan to be found in his books. Vince Passaro, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019 See More

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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