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Hawker vs Trencherman - What's the difference?

hawker | trencherman |

As nouns the difference between hawker and trencherman

is that hawker is a peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods or hawker can be someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer while trencherman is a person who eats a substantial amount; a gourmand; one with a healthy appetite, and a cultivated appreciation for dining.

hawker

English

Etymology 1

Probably from Medieval Low German hoker

Noun

(en noun)
  • A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods.
  • Any dragonfly of the Aeshnidae family.
    • Derived terms
    * hawk * hawker center, hawker centre * hawkering * hawker stand

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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.

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    trencherman

    English

    Noun

    (trenchermen)
  • A person who eats a substantial amount; a gourmand; one with a healthy appetite, and a cultivated appreciation for dining.
  • *1599 , :
  • *:BEATRICE. You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it; he is a very valiant trencher-man ; he hath an excellent stomach.
  • * 1954 June 28, " Sport: Bumbling Champ," Time :
    • The heavyweight champion of the world was off his feed. . . . Rocky, ordinarily a first-rate trencherman , was pushing away from the breakfast table after downing only two eggs and a pair of lamb chops.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * trenchermanship