jowter/ˈd͡ʒaʊtə(ɹ)/EtymologyOf unknown origin. The alternative form jouster shows addition of the -ster suffix. Compare later jolter (“hawker, peddlar”).nounA buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.“fish drivers , whom we call jowters”verbTo grumble, growl, snarl.