slattern

Other forms of slattern

plural

slatterns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slattern

What does slattern mean?

slattern means "a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slattern?

slattern has 2 syllables: slat-tern. The stress falls on "slat".

What is another word for slattern?

Close synonyms include streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slattern a common word?

slattern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.