Definition of HAWKER

hawker

Plural: hawkers

Noun

  • A person who travels about selling goods, typically by shouting.
  • someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
  • a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
  • A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
  • Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
  • A seller of food in a hawker centre.
  • Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.

Examples

  • The online HAWKER of dubious Scrabble strategies was rarely to be trusted.

Origin / Etymology

Probably Borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.

Scrabble Score: 16

hawker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hawker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hawker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

hawker: valid Words With Friends Word