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Hawker — may refer to: * Hawker (dragonfly), a family of dragonflies in North America and Europe * Hawker (trade), a single food stall or the occupation * Hawker centre, an Asian open air market of food stalls * Hawker Aircraft, a British aircraft… … Wikipedia
Hawker — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Elizabeth Hawker (* 1976), britische Extremsportlerin Harry Hawker (1889–1921), australischer Flugpionier Lanoe Hawker (1890–1916), britischer Militärpilot Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1975), britischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hawker — Siddeley Hawker Siddeley Aircraft est un constructeur aéronautique anglais fondé en 1935 en tant que holding des sociétés Hawker Aircraft (initialement fondée par Harry Hawker en 1912), Gloster Aircraft, Armstrong Whitworth et Armstrong Siddeley… … Wikipédia en Français
Hawker — Hawk er (h[add]k [ e]r), n. One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hawker — Hawk er, v. i. To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hawker — Hawk er, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st {Hawk}.] A falconer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hawker — (spr. Hahker), Edward, trat 1793 als Midshipman in englischen Seedienst, wurde 1804 Capitän, 1837 Rear , 1847 Vice u. 1858 wirklicher Admiral der Weißen Flagge, nahm 1858 seinen Abschied u. st. im Juni 1860 in hohem Alter in Brighton … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
hawker — index dealer, merchant, vendor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hawker — one who hunts with a hawk, O.E. hafocere; see HAWK (Cf. hawk) (n.) + ER (Cf. er) (1). For sense one who sells or peddles, see HAWK (Cf. hawk) (v.1) … Etymology dictionary
hawker — [n] peddler colporteur, costermonger, huckster, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor; concepts 347,348 … New thesaurus
hawker — ► NOUN ▪ a person who travels about selling goods. ORIGIN probably from Low German or Dutch and related to HUCKSTER(Cf. ↑hucksterism) … English terms dictionary
