hawker
hawker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
- 2.To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras.
- 3.A falconer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agent
- banker
- bear
- broker
- bull
- buyer
- cadger
- cambist
- camelot
- chandler
- changer
- chapman
- colporteur
- concern
- costermonger
- dealer
- faker
- firm
- higgler
- huckster
- jobber
- lender
- merchant
- money
- moneyer
- monger
- partnership
- pedlar
- regrater
- retailer
- salesman
- seller
- shopkeeper
- shopman
- sutler
- tallyman
- trader
- tradesfolk
- tradesman
- tradespeople
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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