hawker
/ˈhɔkɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A seller of food in a hawker centre.
name
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Charles Hawker.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles Hawker.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair."
- "First-generation hawkers were mostly immigrants from China, and to a smaller extent from India and the Malay Archipelago. A 1950 Hawkers Inquiry Commission report stated that 84 per cent of the hawkers in Singapore were Chinese."
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɔkɚ/
- British English: /ˈhɔːkə/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
azure hawker
blue hawker
brown hawker
common hawker
hawker center
hawker centre
hawker stand
migrant hawker