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hawker¹

  • /ˈhɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈhɔkɚ/ US
  • /ˈhɑkɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun hawkers

  1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods. The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
  3. Singapore A seller of food in a hawker centre.

hawker²

  • /ˈhɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈhɔkɚ/ US
  • /ˈhɑkɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er.

noun hawkers

  1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.

Hawker³

proper noun Hawkers

  1. countable, uncountable A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Charles Hawker.
  3. countable, uncountable A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles Hawker.

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noun dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae

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@misc{hawker_2026,
  title = {hawker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}