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Noun hooker has 5 senses
- Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker - United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
 
--1 is a kind of general, full general 
 - Hooker, Richard Hooker - English theologian (1554-1600)
 
--2 is a kind of theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser 
 - streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
 
--3 is a kind of prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street 
 - hooker - a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
 
--4 is a kind of golfer, golf player, linksman 
 - hooker - (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
 
--5 is a kind of athlete, jock 
  
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