Usually means: Yearned for something with persistence.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word Hankered:

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  1. hankered: Merriam-Webster
  2. hankered: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hankered: Vocabulary.com
  4. hankered: Wordnik
  5. hankered: Wiktionary
  6. Hankered, hankered: Dictionary.com
  7. hankered: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Hankered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Hankered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hankered: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hankered: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See hanker as well.)

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verb:  To crave, want or desire.
▸ Also see hanker


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