hawker

¹

[haw-ker]

noun

1. a person who hunts with hawks hawk or other birds of prey.

hawker

²

[haw-ker]

noun

1. a person who peddles or hawks wares by shouting their offerings in the street or going from door to door; peddler.

hawker

¹

/ ˈhɔːkə /

noun

1. a person who travels from place to place selling goods

hawker

²

/ ˈhɔːkə /

noun

1. a person who hunts with hawks, falcons, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hawker¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hafecere. See hawk ¹, -er ¹

Origin of hawker²

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle Low German haker “retail dealer”; akin to Middle Dutch hac in same sense; huckster

Word History and Origins

Origin of hawker¹

C16: probably from Middle Low German hōker, from hōken to peddle; see _huckster

Origin of hawker²

Old English hafecere; see _hawk ¹ , _-er ¹

Example Sentences

"When I began here in 1973 there were 35 or 40 of us hawkers in Paris," he says.

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Most of his revenue now comes from wholesale customers – hawkers or those selling street-side snacks.

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Goma residents filled the streets a few miles from the border with Rwanda - commuters headed to work, hawkers sold goods by the roadside and taxi drivers scrambled to win customers.

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Burr’s appearance may boost those rankings, but the cancel culture canard is better at roping in views than a Times Square ticket hawker.

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“Go back through the history of the past thousand years and you will find that nine-tenths of the popular idols of the world – have been hawkers of palpable nonsense.”

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