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Hawker

//ˈhɔːkə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Charles Hawker. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles Hawker. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
  3. 3
    a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry wordnet
  4. 4
    Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
  5. 5
    someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) wordnet
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  1. 6
    A seller of food in a hawker centre. Singapore

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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