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Meaning of "hawker" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAWKER

Probably from Middle Low German hōker, from hōken to peddle.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HAWKER

hawker  [ˈhɔːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAWKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hawker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAWKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hawker in the English dictionary

The definition of hawker in the dictionary is a person who travels from place to place selling goods.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAWKER


cawker
ˈkɔːkə
corker
ˈkɔːkə
deerstalker
ˈdɪəˌstɔːkə
forker
ˈfɔːkə
gawker
ˈɡɔːkə
Jayhawker
ˈdʒeɪˌhɔːkə
jaywalker
ˈdʒeɪwɔːkə
Majorca
məˈjɔːkə
Minorca
mɪˈnɔːkə
moonwalker
ˈmuːnˌwɔːkə
nightwalker
ˈnaɪtˌwɔːkə
orca
ˈɔːkə
sleepwalker
ˈsliːpˌwɔːkə
smooth-talker
ˈsmuːðˌtɔːkə
spacewalker
ˈspeɪsˌwɔːkə
stalker
ˈstɔːkə
talker
ˈtɔːkə
waka
ˈwɔːkə
walker
ˈwɔːkə
yorker
ˈjɔːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAWKER

hawk moth
hawk owl
Hawk-Eye
hawk-eyed
hawk´s-beard
hawk´s-eye
hawkbell
hawkbill
hawkbit
Hawke
hawkey
Hawkeye State
hawkie
hawking
Hawking radiation
Hawkins
hawkish
hawkishly
hawkishness
hawkit

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAWKER

baker
Becker
biker
broker
checker
hacker
hooker
howker
joker
locker
maker
marker
Parker
poker
speaker
squawker
sticker
ticker
tracker
worker

Synonyms and antonyms of hawker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HAWKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hawker» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hawker

Translation of «hawker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAWKER

Find out the translation of hawker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hawker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hawker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沿街叫卖的小贩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vendedor ambulante
570 millions of speakers

English

hawker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हॉकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هوكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hawker
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

camelô
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফেরিত্তয়ালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colporteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hausierer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

行商人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

행상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hawker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người rao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூவி விற்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işportacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

venditore ambulante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

domokrążca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Hawker
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hawker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hawker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hawker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hawker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hawker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWKER»

The term «hawker» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hawker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hawker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hawker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWKER»

Discover the use of hawker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hawker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007
This book is the most current and comprehensive book on the Hunter yet published.
‎2006
2
Hawker Hurricane Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
This pilot's flight operating manual was standard issue to R.A.F. pilots during WWII. Although this manual has been slightly reformatted to 8.5x11, care has been taken to preserve the authenticity of the text.
Royal Air Force, 2008
3
Thai Hawker Food
Guide book for Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand.
Kenny Yee, Catherine Gordon, Win Sun, 1993
4
Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury
Describes the design, development, and operation of the Typhoon, Tempest, and Sea Fury fighter planes.
Kev Darling, 2003
5
Secret Affairs of the Soul: Ordinary People's Extraordinary ...
Paul Hawker weaves religious experiences of mystics and saints with modern day accounts and shows that while these soul affairs are expressed differently by context of culture, custom, or language, we have all sensed something very similar.
Paul Hawker, 2000
6
Communicable Disease Control Handbook
Concise and practical handbook for all those who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease Why Buy this Book?
Jeremy Hawker, Norman Begg, Iain Blair, 2008
7
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns ...
Peter Hawker. [GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR.] I observed, in the two last editions , that with regard to a duck-gun — If a sportsman could afford to have one of the very best that could possibly be turned out of hand, he would, I was confident, get  ...
Peter Hawker, 1830
8
Hawker Sea Fury
The previous Hawker fighter deployed aboard the Fleet's aircraft carriers was the Sea Hurricane, a hurried adaption of the land based aircraft. This view shows a tatty pair undertaking a training flight near their home base. The Hawker Typhoon  ...
Kev Darling
9
Developer's Guide to Social Programming: Building Social ...
Unlike competitive books that focus on a single social media platform, this book covers all three leading platforms: Facebook, OpenSocial, and Twitter.
Mark D. Hawker, 2010
10
Metis: urban cartographies
Urban Cartographies features proposals for the cities of Ottawa, Canada and Venice, Italy, amongst others. The book is published inconjunctiion with an international touring exhibition of recent work by Dorrian and Hawker.
Mark Dorrian, Adrian Hawker, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hawker is used in the context of the following news items.
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Meaty profits
The moon-faced hawker, a tourist attraction in his own right, was often seen in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes Benz although he told ST it was his ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
2
HAWKER WANTS E1M FROM SPAR AFTER THEFT ACCUSATIONS
MBABANE – A former employee of Tex Ray (Swaziland), who is a hawker, is demanding E1 million from Matsapha Spar (PTY) LTD after she ... «Times of Swaziland, Jul 15»
3
Life & times
A prawn mee stall in Geylang Bahru. The rating of hawker stalls for cleanliness and food handling, from A to D, offered an assurance that the ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
4
New hawker centres planned for Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok
Ten new hawker centres, including one each in Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok, will be built by 2027 in new estates or existing ones that are ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
5
Hawker named 2014 Annuitant Ambassador of the Year
CHARLESTON -- Cheryl Hawker of Charleston has been recognized as the Eastern Illinois University Foundation's 2014 Annuitant ... «Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Jul 15»
6
NTUC Foodfare calls for tender of stalls at upcoming Bukit Panjang …
SINGAPORE: NTUC Foodfare has called for the tender of stalls at the upcoming Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre and Market. Opening in the ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
7
Conference to visit re-focused sheep farm
Mr Hawker said the farm had dabbled in meat production in the past but decided to concentrate on it after battling continued low wool prices. «Stock & Land, Jul 15»
8
Budget fare on the menu at new Bukit Panjang hawker centre
Stallholder Loh Joo Heng, 58, at the Rice Garden stall in Old Airport Road hawker centre. The outlets offer budget fare as well as meals at ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
9
Cooking up mobile app for hawker food delivery
Hawker.today will be unveiled in October. It will concentrate on deliveries from stalls in the central area for the first three months.PHOTO: ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
10
Former milk hawker setsup a Sh50m dairy plant
From a milk hawker eleven years ago, Njoroge is today a well-accomplished dairy farmer with 400 dairy cows and the upcoming state-of-art ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»

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