Hawker

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hawker \Hawk"er\, v. i.
     To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hawker \Hawk"er\, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st {Hawk}.]
     A falconer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hawker
       n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
            streets or at carnivals) [syn: {peddler}, {pedlar}, {packman},
             {pitchman}]
       2: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the
          sport of falconry [syn: {falconer}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HAWKERS. Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise for 
  sale. To prevent impositions they are generally required to take out 
  licenses, under regulations established by the local laws of the states.