hawker1
/ˈhɔːkə
/noun
A person who travels about selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting: hawkers and costermongers pushed their little handcarts, crying ‘Bread!’, ‘Fish!’ and ‘Meat pies!’...
- Hawkers came to sell their wares in small row boats near the cruise boats.
- City authorities will plan to wipe out the sight of beggars and hawkers selling flowers or newspapers at intersections.
- Tickets were sold in advance for $45, but street hawkers were selling them for about $200.
Synonyms
trader, seller, dealer, purveyor, vendor, tout, barrow boy, door-to-door salesman, travelling salesman, pedlar;
West Indian higgler
informal pusher
archaic chapman, packman
rare huckster, crier, colporteur
Origin
Early 16th century: probably from Low German or Dutch and related to huckster.
Rhymes
hawker2
/ˈhɔːkə/noun
1A falconer.
2A slender-bodied dragonfly that remains airborne for long periods, typically patrolling a particular stretch of water.
- Aeshnidae, Gomphidae, and other families, order Odonata: several genera.
Origin
Old English hafocere, from hafoc 'hawk'.