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Webster 1913 Edition


Hawker

Hawk′er

(ha̤k′ẽr)
,
Noun.
One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
Swift.

Hawk′er

,
Verb.
I.
To sell goods by outcry in the street.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.

Hawk′er

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
hafecere
. See 1st
Hawk
.]
A falconer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hawker

HAWK'ER

,
Noun.
One who offers goods for sale by outcry in the street; a peddlar.
1.
A falconer.

Definition 2024


Hawker

Hawker

See also: hawker

English

Proper noun

Hawker

  1. A surname.

hawker

hawker

See also: Hawker

English

Noun

hawker (plural hawkers)

  1. A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods.
  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae.
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Etymology 2

hawk + -er.

Noun

hawker (plural hawkers)

  1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967