peddler
Meaning
- An itinerant seller of small goods.
- A drug dealer.
- (figuratively) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.
Synonyms
chapman
drug trafficker
drug peddler
hockster
street vendor
stall-keeper
itinerant trader
itinerant merchant
traveling merchants
itinerant peddlers
Translations
colporteur
camelô
γυρολόγος
vendedor ambulante
venditore ambulante
leurder marskramer πραματευτής
Straßenhändler StraßenverkäuferFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛdlə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).
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