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Definition of Hankered

Hankered
Hanker Han"ker, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. --Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
Hanker
Hanker Han"ker, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. --Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.

Meaning of Hankered from wikipedia

- Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of Memphis, Tennessee. It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker (1876-1958) and Baynard...
- Mirco Karsten Hanker (born 2 February 1966) is a German politician who was as a elected member of the Bundestag in 2025. He has been a member of the Alternative...
- action. They were printed and distributed by the million ... but the people hankered for more. Favorite pamphlets became dog-eared, grimy, fell apart as their...
- stating that "Verma himself would not have accepted" the honour as he "never hankered or lobbied for any acclaim, reward or favour." Kannada novelist K. Shivaram...
- Ute Hankers (born 21 February 1965) is a German former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
- e-commerce in the UK. By 1999, however, only the security services still hankered after key escrow.[citation needed] So a "sunset clause" was put in the...
- as a trustee of Mount Holyoke College from 1949 to 1959. She had always hankered after an academic career and returned to Mount Holyoke College in 1970...
- Junior World Trials Championships, but after several years in Trials, he hankered after a different challenge. Jonny began his hard enduro campaign aboard...
- Schröder Manuela Mast 10 Dr. Cornell-Anette Babendererde (C, 33.2%) Karsten Hanker Dr. Matthias Miersch (C, 31.8%) Julian Pahlke Erik Frerker 11 Christoph...
- understood in literary circles to have turned down a knighthood and to have hankered after the more prestigious and exclusive British honour, the Order of Merit...