one who travels about selling small wares, merchant; distributor; vendor
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Peddler Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
peddler
\ped"dler\ (?), n. [oe. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. oe. ped a basket, of unknown origin.] one who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [written also pedlar and pedler.] "some vagabond huckster or peddler." akluyt.
peddler
n
1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman]
2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs [syn: pusher, drug peddler , drug dealer, drug trafficker]
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influence peddler
drug peddler
One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
Noun
1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
(synonym) pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
(hypernym) seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker
(hyponym) chapman
(derivation) peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
(synonym) pusher, drug peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
(hypernym) dealer
(derivation) peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
Peddler Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a canvasser, cheapjack, monger, higler or solicitor (with negative connotations since the 16th century), is a travelling vendor of goods. In England, the term was mostly used for travellers hawking goods in the countryside to small towns and villages; they might also be called tinkers or gypsies. In London more specific terms were used, such as costermonger. There has long been a suspicion of dishonest or petty criminal activity associated with pedlars and travellers.
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