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hawker

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hawker

1
 n
someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
2
 n
a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hawker
1

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

Synonyms:
packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman
Types:
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chapman
archaic term for an itinerant peddler
cheapjack
a peddler of inferior goods
crier
a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
muffin man
formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
sandboy
a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'
transmigrante
a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
Type of:
marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
2

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

Synonyms:
falconer
Type of:
hunter, huntsman
someone who hunts game
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