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hawker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hawker has 2 senses
- hawker(n = noun.person) packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals); Array has particulars: chapman, cheapjack, crier, muffin man, sandboy, transmigrante
- hawker(n = noun.person) falconer - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry; Array is a kind of hunter, huntsman
is a kind of marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
Derived form verb hawk1
Derived form verb hawk2
CIDE DICTIONARY
hawker, n.
One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman. Swift. [1913 Webster]
hawker, v. i.
To sell goods by outcry in the street. Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
hawker, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.].
A falconer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hawker, n. a person who travels about selling goods.
hawker, n. a falconer.
Etymology
OE hafocere
ROGET THESAURUS
hawker
Merchant
N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.
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