What is another word for streetwalker?

Pronunciation: [stɹˈiːtwɔːkə] (IPA)

Streetwalker is a term that is often associated with prostitution and the sex trade. However, there are many other ways to describe a person who walks the streets for a living. Synonyms for streetwalker include prostitute, call girl, escort, hustler, courtesan, hooker, and working girl. Each of these terms has its own connotations and cultural references, and some may be considered more or less derogatory depending on the context. Regardless of the word used, it is important to remember that individuals who work in the sex trade deserve respect, dignity, and protection from harm.

What are the hypernyms for Streetwalker?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Streetwalker

The face of a streetwalker glazed and haggard under a black straw hat peered askew round the door of the shelter palpably reconnoitring on her own with the object of bringing more grist to her mill.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
Anyway, she could have been anything, a streetwalker, ugly, lazy and good-for-nothing, with a whole gang of dirty kids, and so what?
"L'Assommoir"
Emile Zola
Even the neat little clockmaker was said to have carried on with his own daughter, a streetwalker.
"L'Assommoir"
Emile Zola

Famous quotes with Streetwalker

  • [I]n the male sexual lexicon, which is the vocabulary of power, erotica is simply high-class pornography: better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer. As with the call girl and the streetwalker, one is turned out better but both are produced by the same system of sexual values and both perform the same sexual service.
    Andrea Dworkin
  • I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
    Lana Turner

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