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- [haw-ker]
- /ˈhɔ kər/
- /ˈhɔː.kər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [haw-ker]
- /ˈhɔ kər/
Definitions of hawker word
- noun hawker a person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street or going from door to door; peddler. 1
- noun hawker A person who travels around selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting. 1
- noun hawker door-to-door seller 1
- countable noun hawker You can use hawker to refer to a person who tries to sell things by calling at people's homes or standing in the street, especially when you do not approve of this activity. 0
- noun hawker a person who travels from place to place selling goods 0
- noun hawker a person who hunts with hawks, falcons, etc 0
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Origin of hawker
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hafecere. See hawk1, -er1
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Parts of speech for Hawker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hawker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hawker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hawker
noun hawker
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- seller — a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- colporteur — a hawker of books, esp bibles
Antonyms for hawker
noun hawker
- client — A client of a professional person or organization is a person or company that receives a service from them in return for payment.
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