Definitions for hawker
ˈhɔ kərhawk·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchmannoun

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

2. falconer, hawkernoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawkernoun

   One who sells his wares by proclaiming them in the street.

   Etymology: from hock, German.

   I saw my labours, which had cost me so much thought and watching, bawled about by common hawkers, which I once intended for the weighty consideration of the greatest person. Jonathan Swift, Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff.

   To grace this honour’d day the queen proclaims,
   By herald hawkers, high heroick games:
   She summons all her sons; an endless band
   Pours forth, and leaves unpeopled half the land. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hawker

   A hawker is a person who travels around selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting. They are also known as street vendors, peddlers or street sellers who offer goods for sale to the public without having a permanent built-up structure from which to sell.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawkernoun

   one who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman

2. Hawkerverb

   to sell goods by outcry in the street

3. Hawkernoun

   a falconer

4. Etymology: [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawker

   Hawker is a town in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 km north of Adelaide. It is in the Flinders Ranges Council, the state Electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey. At the 2006 census, Hawker had a population of 229. The main economic activities in the area are tourism and pastoral runs of sheep and increasingly cattle. Due to the arid environment, the stocking rates are low, at about one sheep per three to four hectares. Hawker is 55 km south of Wilpena Pound, a unique natural dish-shaped range of hills popular with tourists, as well as the spectacular scenery of the Southern Flinders Ranges. Hawker was a thriving railway town from the 1880s until 1956 as it was on the famous Ghan railway line, until the route was moved further west when the line was upgraded.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Hawker

   hawk′ėr, n. one who carries about goods for sale on his back, a pedlar.—v.t. Hawk, to carry about for sale: to cry for sale. [Cf. Low Ger. and Ger. höker, Dut. heuker.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Hawker

   From the German hoken, to carry on the back. A pedlar who carried his wares in a sack over his shoulder.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HAWKER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hawker is ranked #14328 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hawker surname appeared 2,089 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Hawker.
   
   90% or 1,882 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 114 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 44 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Hunter

How to pronounce hawker?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hawker in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hawker in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hawker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hawker in a Sentence

1. Ivan Brehm:

   Michelin should, in my opinion, stay clear from the coffee shop and hawker stall culture, these run deep in the makeup of Singaporean society and any unnecessary polemic could undermine the guide's overall relevance.

2. Michael Ellis:

   We don't try to second guess our inspectors but with the hawker food scene being so vibrant here I'd be surprised if it didn't feature strongly in the guide.

3. Chan Hon Meng:

   I am very excited. Never knew hawker food can go global, hopefully the next generation will also pick this up.

4. Yeo Kirk Siang:

   UNESCO is not a silver bullet, it is just one of the things we need to do... to keep hawker culture alive.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hawker
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hawker
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hawker
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hawker
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hawker
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=hawker
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html