hawker

hawk·er  (hôkr)

n.

One who sells goods aggressively, especially by calling out.

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[Middle English hauker, probably from Middle Low German höker, from hken, to peddle, bend, bear on the back.]

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hawker

Noun

a person who travels from place to place selling goods [probably from Middle Low German hōken to peddle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hawker - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman chapman - archaic term for an itinerant peddler cheapjack - a peddler of inferior goods crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells muffin man - formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins sandboy - a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy' marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money transmigrante - a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
	2.	hawker - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry falconer hunter, huntsman - someone who hunts game

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hawker

noun pedlar, tout, vendor, travelling salesman, crier, huckster, barrow boy Brit. door-to-door salesman

Translations

hawker [ˈhɔːkəʳ] n → colporteur m

hawker [ˈhɔːkəʳ] n → Hausierer(in) m(f)

hawker [ˈhɔːkəʳ] n → venditore m ambulante