"higgler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪɡlə/ [UK] Forms: higglers [plural]
Etymology: higgle + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|higgle|er|id2=agent noun}} higgle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} higgler (plural higglers)
  1. (archaic) An itinerant trader, especially one dealing in dairy produce and poultry. Tags: archaic Synonyms (trader in dairy and poultry): wrangler
    Sense id: en-higgler-en-noun-YoowLNEs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 28 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 21 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 54 26 20 Disambiguation of 'trader in dairy and poultry': 85 6 10
  2. A person who haggles or negotiates for lower prices. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (person who haggles): haggler, wrangler
    Sense id: en-higgler-en-noun-GoXV-Mdl Disambiguation of People: 24 57 20 Disambiguation of 'person who haggles': 12 82 6
  3. (Jamaica) A seller of any kind of small produce or wares; a huckster. Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-higgler-en-noun-q7EjoosC Categories (other): Jamaican English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (person who trades in dairy, poultry, and small game animals): Milch-, Geflügel- und Wildhändler [masculine] (German), Milch-, Geflügel- und Wildhändlerin [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'person who trades in dairy, poultry, and small game animals': 45 44 11

Inflected forms

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