Definition of hooker
1 : one that hooks
2 : drink a hooker of Scotch
3 : prostitute
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1567
First Known Use of hooker
1567
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Definition of hooker
: a one-masted fishing boat used on the English and Irish coasts; also : a small clumsy boat
Origin and Etymology of hooker
Dutch hoeker, alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec fishhook + boot boat
First Known Use: 1801
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Joseph 1814–1879 American general
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Sir Joseph Dalton 1817–1911 English botanist
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Richard 1554–1600 English theologian
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Thomas 1586?–1647 English Puritan clergyman and founder of Connecticut
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