Hawker (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- A charismatic hawker in the carnival convinced many kids to try their luck at winning stuffed animals at the ring toss.
- On Saturdays, you could hear a peanut hawker walking the stadium aisles calling out "hot nuts, fresh today."
- An English novelist describes how women wore beautifully coloured fabrics which the male hawker had sold door to door.
- Children were their primary target since their aim was a simple grab-what-gold-you-can take-which-a-hawker-would-seize.
- The vendor hawker began using verbal and nonverbal persuasive tactics to make us buy expensive souvenirs.