Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A retailer of small articles, a peddler; a hawker. 2. (n.) A mean, trickish fellow. 3. (v. i.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HUCKSTER huk'-ster: A retailer of small wares, provisions, or the like; a peddler. "A huckster shall not be acquitted of sin" (Sirach 26:29). Neither a merchant nor a huckster is without sin.