hawker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
    pitchman; peddler; packman; pedlar.
  2. noun a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
    falconer.

WordNet

Hawk"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
Hawk"er intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sell goods by outcry in the street. Obs. Hudibras.
Hawk"er noun
Etymology
Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st Hawk.
Definitions
  1. A falconer.

Webster 1913