[syn: falconer, hawker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hawker \Hawk"er\ (h[add]k"[~e]r), n.
One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a
peddler or a packman. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hawker \Hawk"er\, v. i.
To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hawker \Hawk"er\, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.]
A falconer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hawker
n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar,
packman, hawker, pitchman]
2: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the
sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker]