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Noun: hawker  ho-ku(r)
  1. Someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
    "The hawker carried his goods from town to town, setting up his stall in marketplaces";
    - peddler [N. Amer], pedlar [Brit, Cdn], pitchman [N. Amer]
     
  2. A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
    "The hawker demonstrated how to handle the majestic bird of prey";
    - falconer

Derived forms: hawkers

Type of: hunter, marketeer, marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor

Encyclopedia: Hawker, Peter