Meaning

4 senses

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

  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.

  3. (Singapore)A seller of food in a hawker centre.

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

    a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Being a hawker means being annoying for everyone.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · kylewii · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. There is no point of being a hawker.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · kylewii · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The hawkers crowded the market, showing off their wares.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Qibli · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. A hawker is selling fruits.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · kylewii · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. These hawkers are very annoying!

    CC BY · Tatoeba · kylewii · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Probably borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately fr

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

Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: hawkers
Singularhawker
Pluralhawkers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry:falconer
  • someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals):peddlerpedlarpitchman

Word family

4 related words
Relatedhawk
Derivedhawker centrehawkerlesshawkery

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hawhawkhawkishhayB2haystack
hawker — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto