Meanings
nounstreetwalker (plural streetwalkers)
plural streetwalkers · alternative street walker
- derogatoryinformalA prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
Synonyms: abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek περίπολις
- περίπολις (perípolis)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Bulgarian уличница
- уличница (uličnica)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Chinese Mandarin 站街女, 流鶯 /流莺
- 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- 流鶯 /流莺 (liúyīng)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Dutch tippelaarster
- tippelaarsterprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Finnish katutyttö
- katutyttöprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
French fille publique, fille de trottoir
- fille publiqueprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- fille de trottoirprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- fille des ruesprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- racoleuseprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- pierreuseprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- péripatéticienneprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
German Strichmädchen, Bordsteinschwalbe
- Strichmädchenprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- Bordsteinschwalbeprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Greek τροτέζα
- τροτέζα (trotéza)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Hungarian utcalány
- utcalányprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Irish striapach sráide
- striapach sráideprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Italian prostituta, puttana
- prostitutaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- puttanaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- mignottaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- sgualdrinaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- baldraccaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- squilloprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- peripateticaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Japanese 街娼
- 街娼 (gaishō)prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Polish prostytutka, ulicznica
- prostytutkaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- ulicznicaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Portuguese puta, prostituta
- putaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- prostitutaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- raparigaprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Romanian femeie de stradă, prostituată
- femeie de stradăprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- prostituatăprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- târfăprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Russian проститу́тка
- проститу́ткаprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Scottish Gaelic strìopach sràide
- strìopach sràideprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Spanish puta callejera
- puta callejeraprostitute who looks for clients on the streets
Cite this entry
APA
streetwalker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalker
MLA
“streetwalker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streetwalker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalker.
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