"streetwalker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹiːtˌwɔːkə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-streetwalker.wav Forms: streetwalkers [plural]
Etymology: From street + walker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|street|walker}} street + walker Head templates: {{en-noun}} streetwalker (plural streetwalkers)
  1. (informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Prostitution Synonyms: prostitute Translations (prostitute who looks for clients on the streets): περίπολις (perípolis) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), уличница (uličnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), tippelaarster [feminine] (Dutch), fille publique [feminine] (French), fille de trottoir [feminine] (French), fille des rues [feminine] (French), racoleuse [feminine] (French), pierreuse [dated, feminine] (French), péripatéticienne [feminine] (French), Strichmädchen [neuter] (German), Bordsteinschwalbe [feminine] (German), utcalány (Hungarian), striapach sráide [feminine] (Irish), prostituta [feminine] (Italian), puttana [feminine] (Italian), mignotta [feminine] (Italian), sgualdrina [feminine] (Italian), baldracca [feminine] (Italian), squillo [feminine] (Italian), peripatetica [feminine] (Italian), 街娼 (gaishō) (alt: がいしょう) (Japanese), ули́чарка (ulíčarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), kiyąąh sizíní (Navajo), puta [feminine] (Portuguese), prostituta [feminine] (Portuguese), rapariga [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), femeie de stradă [feminine] (Romanian), prostituată [feminine] (Romanian), târfă [feminine] (Romanian), проститу́тка (alt: у́личная) [feminine] (Russian), strìopach sràide [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), puta callejera [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (now rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: street walker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places."
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        "Someone walking in the street; an average citizen."
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        "(now rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uličnica",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уличница"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhànjiēnǚ",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "word": "站街女"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tippelaarster"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fille publique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fille de trottoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racoleuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pierreuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "péripatéticienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Strichmädchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bordsteinschwalbe"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "perípolis",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "περίπολις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "word": "utcalány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "striapach sráide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prostituta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puttana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mignotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgualdrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baldracca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "squillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peripatetica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がいしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaishō",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "word": "街娼"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ulíčarka",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ули́чарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "word": "kiyąąh sizíní"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prostituta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rapariga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "femeie de stradă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prostituată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "târfă"
    },
    {
      "alt": "у́личная",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проститу́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strìopach sràide"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prostitute who looks for clients on the streets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puta callejera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "streetwalker"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (úličnaja) prostitútka vs. у́личная",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "streetwalker",
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