hawker

¹ American  

[haw-ker] / ˈhɔ kər /

noun

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

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hawker ² American  

[haw-ker] / ˈhɔ kər /

noun

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

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hawker ¹ British  

/ ˈhɔːkə /

noun

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

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hawker ² British  

/ ˈhɔːkə /

noun

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

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Etymology

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; cf. huckster

Example Sentences

Mr Hawker says it is possible to combat a fear of hospitals through numerous therapies aimed at helping people detach from distressing memories without having to relive trauma.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

Andy Hill, the pilot of the Hawker Hunter plane that crashed at Shoreham Airshow in 2015, has had a final legal challenge to get his licence reinstated turned down at the High Court in London.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

The plane — a Hawker 900XP — took off from Colorado’s Grand Junction Regional Airport and crashed in a remote area along the Colorado-Utah border, according to Utah’s Grand County Sheriff’s Office.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Founder Nick Hawker was inspired by his Ph.D. on the physics of the pistol shrimp, which snaps its oversized claw to emit shock waves capable of incapacitating fish bigger than itself.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 14, 2023

I was flying over the desert solo in an old Hawker Hart biplane and I had my camera round my neck.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl