"hooker" in the noun sense

1. Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

2. Hooker, Richard Hooker

English theologian (1554-1600)

3. streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern

a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

4. hooker

a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)

5. hooker

rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot

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