hawker meaning

UK US /ˈhɔkɚ/ 2 syllables

hawker (noun): someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).

hawker has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

hawker as a noun

  1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

    Synonyms: peddler, pedlar, packman, pitchman

    Type of: seller

    Kinds: chapman, cheapjack, crier, muffin man, sandboy, transmigrante

    Related forms: hawk

  2. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

    Synonyms: falconer

    Type of: hunter

    Related forms: hawk

hawker in a sentence

How to pronounce hawker

hawker is pronounced /ˈhɔkɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with hawker

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HA · words ending in ER · 6-letter words

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