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hawker

 
Dictionary: hawk·er   ('kər) pronunciation
n.
One who sells goods aggressively, especially by calling out.

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


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
  Synonyms: peddler, pedlar, packman, pitchman

Meaning #2: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
  Synonym: falconer


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - gadehandler, gadesælger, bissekræmmer

2.
n. - falkejæger, falkoner

Nederlands (Dutch)
marskramer, venter, valkenier

Français (French)
1.
n. - colporteur

2.
n. - fauconnier (chasseur)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Hausierer, Straßenhändler

2.
n. - Falkner, Beizjäger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυρολόγος, πλανόδιος πωλητής

Italiano (Italian)
venditore ambulante, falconiere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falcoeiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
охотник с ястребом, уличный торговец

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vendedor ambulante

2.
n. - halconero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - falkenerare (person som dresserar rovfåglar för falkjakt), gatuförsäljare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
饲鹰者, 叫卖小贩, 以鹰行猎者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 飼鷹者, 叫賣小販, 以鷹行獵者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 매사냥꾼, 매부리

2.
n. - 도붓장수, 행상인, 소리치며 파는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 呼び売り商人, 行商人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدرب الصقور أو المتصيد بواسطتها, البائع المتجول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוכל‬
n. - ‮מאלף בזים‬


 
 
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