"hawker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɔːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhɑkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: hawkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ) Etymology: Probably Borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|nds|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Low German, {{bor+|en|nds|-}} Borrowed from Low German, {{bor|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|gml|hoker}} Middle Low German hoker, {{m|der|huckster}} huckster Head templates: {{en-noun}} hawker (plural hawkers)
  1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods. Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-hawker-en-noun-6KztpJxb Disambiguation of Occupations: 45 20 34 Disambiguation of People: 52 6 42
  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner. Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies Translations (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae): glazenmaker [masculine] (Dutch), ukonkorento (Finnish), acsa (Hungarian), 蜻蜓 (alt: ヤンマ, やんま, yanma, せいてい, seitei) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-hawker-en-noun-dqX3uAE- Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 7 87 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 71 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 75 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 23 58 20 Disambiguation of 'dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: azure hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna caerulea), blue hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna cyanea), brown hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna grandis), common hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna juncea), hawker center, hawker centre, hawkering, hawker stand, hawk, migrant hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna mixta), moorland hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna juncea), southern hawker (taxonomic: Aeshna cyanea)

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɔːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhɑkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: hawkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ) Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|hawkere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English hawkere, {{inh+|en|enm|hawkere}} Inherited from Middle English hawkere, {{inh|en|ang|hafocere}} Old English hafocere, {{m|ang|hafecere}} hafecere, {{surface analysis|en|hawk|-er|id2=occupation|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, hawk + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} hawker (plural hawkers)
  1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-hawker-en-noun-caKiZRgV Disambiguation of People: 52 6 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English hawkere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "hawkere"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle English hawkere",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hafocere"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hafocere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hafecere"
      },
      "expansion": "hafecere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hawk",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "occupation",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "by surface analysis, hawk + -er",
      "name": "surface analysis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hawkers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hawker (plural hawkers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breed",
          "breed"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ],
        [
          "hawk",
          "hawk"
        ],
        [
          "falcon",
          "falcon"
        ],
        [
          "falconer",
          "falconer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔːkə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔkɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑkɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːkə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hawker"
}

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