peddler

[ ped-ler ]

/ ˈpɛd lər /

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noun

a person who sells from door to door or in the street.

a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.

RELATED WORDS

vendor, salesperson, huckster

Nearby words

pedantry, pedate, pedately, pedatifid, peddle, peddler, peddlery, peddling, peddlingly, pederast, pederasty

Also especially British, ped·lar, ped·ler.

Origin of peddler

1350–1400; Middle English pedlere, unexplained variant of peder, derivative of ped(de) basket

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Examples from the Web for peddler

Mandelbaum began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, bustling streets of New York City.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to tradition, the typical Yankee peddler was thought to be so shrewd that he could carve and sell counterfeit nutmegs.
Ted Thompson’s Debut Novel Features A 1 Percenter As Its Hero|Stefan Beck|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just look at Zynga, the peddler of Facebook games Farmville and Mafia Wars.
How Joining Facebook Is Hurting Instagram|Alex Klein|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The peddler's savings, considerably increased by skilful financial manipulation, had attained a very high figure.
Luxury-Gluttony:|Eugne Sue

The silence of the moors wrapped them round, and also the peddler's stammer was a burden to his speech.
Long Will|Florence Converse
I know I have disgraced the family, but I shall never understand why riding with the peddler should do this.
The Heart's Country|Mary Heaton Vorse
Two years later he came to the Pittsburgh District, where, as a peddler in the country towns, he gradually regained his strength.
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People|Various
It was a new kind of arithmetic, his friend Rugg, the peddler, told him.
Shenac's Work at Home|Margaret Murray Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for peddler

peddler

/ (ˈpɛdlə) /

noun

a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics

the usual US spelling of pedlar

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