hawker


2hawker

noun

Definition of HAWKER

: one who hawks wares

Origin of HAWKER

by folk etymology from Low German höker, from Middle Low German hōker, from hōken to squat, peddle — more at hunker
First Known Use: 1512

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factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

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