Hawker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɔːkə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hawker is a noun meaning A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
Meaning
A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
More Meanings
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
Example Sentences
The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
First-generation hawkers were mostly immigrants from China, and to a smaller extent from India and the Malay Archipelago. A 1950 Hawkers Inquiry Commission report stated that 84 per cent of the hawkers in Singapore were Chinese.
Word Forms
- hawkers
Synonyms for hawker
Depending on context, synonyms include tout, huckster, falconer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include huckster, tout, falconer, peddler, expense, victim.
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