hawker

¹ American  

[haw-ker] / ˈhɔ kər /

noun

1. a person who hunts with hawks hawk 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; huckster

Example Sentences

The ding on the movie is that Timothée Chalamet’s self-centered striver isn’t that different from Adam Sandler’s diamond hawker in “Uncut Gems.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

He is France's last newspaper hawker; maybe the last in Europe.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

Accordingly, it is therefore unlikely that the ancestor of the barbastelle was a loud hawker that evolved into the whispering barbastelle as a response to insect hearing.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

In the 1970s, the government opened hawker centers to provide vendors permanent stalls that were in line with health regulations.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Then the singsong cries of a beans hawker floated in through the window.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie