hawker C1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈhɔkɚ/ UK /ˈhɔːkə/ See IPA manual Freq #41753 Meanings 1 noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. 2 noun 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. 3 noun a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. 4 noun Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner. The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · someone who travels about... packmanpeddlerpedlarpitchman 3 noun · a person who breeds and... falconer Word family Forms hawkers Derived forms hawkhawkeringhawkerless Etymology Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er. Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # hawker **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhɔkɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhɔːkə/ **Frequency rank:** 41753 ## Meanings 1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) 2. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods. 3. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry 4. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner. ## Examples - The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. - The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair. - The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. - The hawker sold fruit from a barrow in the street. ## Synonyms - packman - peddler - pedlar - pitchman - falconer ## Derived Forms - hawk - hawkering - hawkerless ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown