hawker en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɔkɚ/ (General-American)
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- /ˈhɔːkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhɑkɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.
Meanings
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A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
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.
2011 May 14, Azhar Ghani, “A Recipe for Success: How Singapore Hawker Centres Came to Be”, in IPS Update, Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies:The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hawkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
migrant hawker · hawk · hawker center · moorland hawker · azure hawker · southern hawker · brown hawker · hawkerless · hawker centre · hawkering · common hawker · hawker stand · blue hawker
Translations (5)
fi ukonkorento (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae) · nl glazenmaker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae) · hu acsa (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae) · cs šídlo (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae) · ja 蜻蜓 (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)