hooker

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
noun English theologian (1554-1600)
noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

From hook (verb) + -er.

“She's a wet little hooker. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Hooker's order was changed accordingly. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Hood, General J.B. Hooker, General. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker

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