Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A prostitute, especially one who solicits in the streets.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who walks the streets; a pedestrian.
  • noun A common prostitute who walks the streets at night.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
  • noun A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

Etymologies

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From street +‎ walker.

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