hawker
noun
[ ˈhɔːkə ]
• 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!’"
Similar:
trader,
seller,
dealer,
purveyor,
vendor,
tout,
barrow boy,
door-to-door salesman,
travelling salesman,
pedlar,
higgler,
pusher,
chapman,
packman,
huckster,
crier,
colporteur,
Origin:
early 16th century: probably from Low German or Dutch and related to huckster.
hawker
noun
• a falconer.
• a slender-bodied dragonfly that remains airborne for long periods, typically patrolling a particular stretch of water.
Origin:
Old English hafocere, from hafoc ‘hawk’.
