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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Hooker \Hook"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, hooks.
  
     2. (Naut.)
        (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
        (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of
            Ireland.
        (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hooker
       n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
            Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn: {Joseph
            Hooker}, {Fighting Joe Hooker}]
       2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: {Richard Hooker}]
       3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
          [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {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

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hooker, OK (city, FIPS 36000)
    Location: 36.85991 N, 101.21196 W
    Population (1990): 1551 (742 housing units)
    Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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