hawker

noun

Definition of hawkernext
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art

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Recent Examples of hawker For diners willing to wait in line at a hawker center in Singapore or a taco counter in Mexico City, the payoff is a meal that sits inside one of the most exclusive guides in food — at street food prices. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2026 Singapore’s hawker centers dominate, but the geographic spread is what makes the list so useful. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2026 Speaking to the outlet, fellow officer Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar said that most of those who died were hawkers of plastic items and worked in the town of Chowmuhani. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026 Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hawker
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  1. vendor
  2. seller
  3. peddler
  4. merchant
  5. huckster
Noun
  • Still, concerns around customer concentration, vendor financing, and data center pushback continue to weigh on the stock.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The policy also says some information may be handled by outside vendors that provide services such as IT management, data analytics or cloud storage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of vendor
Noun
  • And the risks are compounded by the fact that many people are sourcing the injectable formulations from a grey market of online sellers.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Nordic Fair Isle prints and anything with sheep, stripes, or funky patterns are fantastic sellers.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • But at each step, the NCAA fought reform through lobbying and influence peddlers focusing more on its finances than the well-being of athletes.
    — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Find a souvenir in the high-end boutiques on Montana Avenue, the independent shops and vintage stores along Main Street or the brand-name peddlers at Santa Monica Place.
    — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of peddler
Noun
  • With merchant bookings, the company sits inside the transaction, handling processing, currency conversion, refunds and fraud for small hotels that could never build that infrastructure themselves.
    — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Black pepper from India became particularly prized in Roman cooking, while Arabian ports and merchants played an important role in trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • The fact that none of that advice could ever help someone find real intimacy or success isn’t a problem for the manosphere hucksters, because those achievements would be bad for the business model.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much!
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of huckster

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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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