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hawker

noun
/ˈhɔːkə/UK/ˈhɔkɚ/US

Etymology

Probably Borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.

  1. derived from hoker

Definitions

  1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.

    • The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
    • First-generation hawkers were mostly immigrants from China, and to a smaller extent from India and the Malay Archipelago. A 1950 Hawkers Inquiry Commission report stated that 84 per cent of the hawkers in Singapore were Chinese.

  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae

    Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.

  3. A seller of food in a hawker centre.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons

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

    2. A surname originating as an occupation.

    3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Charles Hawker.

    4. A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles…

      A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles Hawker.

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