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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals);
[syn: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman]
2. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry;
[syn: falconer, hawker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hawker \Hawk"er\, v. i. To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hawker \Hawk"er\, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.] A falconer. [1913 Webster]
