hawker

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɔːkə/, SAMPA: /"hO:k@/
• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(r)

Etymology 1

probably from Medieval Low German hoker

Wikipedia

Noun

hawker (plural hawkers)

1. a peddler/pedlar, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods
2. a type of dragonfly pertaining to the Aeshnidae family

Derived terms

• hawk
• hawker center, hawker centre
• hawkering
• hawker stand

Translations

peddler

Armenian: չարչի (hy) (čarči) Finnish: kaupustelija (fi) Greek: γυρολόγος (el) (gyrológos) m., πραματευτής (el) (pramateftís) m.

Hungarian: házaló (hu) Portuguese: camelô (pt) m. Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche-siubhail (gd) m.

type of dragonfly

Dutch: glazenmaker (nl) m.

Finnish: ukonkorento (fi)

Etymology 2

hawk +‎ -er

Noun

hawker (plural hawkers)

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

Translations

falconer — see falconer

References

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