hustler: Meaning and Definition of

hus•tler

1. an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
2. a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler.
3. an expert gambler or game player who seeks out challengers, esp. unsuspecting amateur ones, in order to win money from them: He earned his living as a pool hustler.
4. a prostitute.
5. a person who hustles.