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Meaning of hooker

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Hooker
      n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
           Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn:
           {Hooker}, {Joseph Hooker}, {Fighting Joe Hooker}]
      2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: {Hooker}, {Richard
         Hooker}]
      3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
         [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {hooker}, {hustler},
         {floozy}, {floozie}, {slattern}]
      4: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed
         golfers)
      5: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the
         scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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