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View usage for: (pedləʳ) Word forms: plural peddlerslanguage note: The spelling pedlar is also used in British English for meanings [sense 1] and , [sense 3].1. countable nounA peddler is someone who goes from place to place in order to sell something. [US, also British, old-fashioned] 2. countable nounA drug peddler is a person who sells illegal drugs. 3. countable nounA peddler of information or ideas is someone who frequently expresses such ideas to other people. [disapproval] ...the peddlers of fear. [+ of] More Synonyms of peddler peddler in British English (ˈpɛdlə) noun1. a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics 2. the usual US spelling of pedlar peddler in American English (ˈpɛdlər; ˈpɛdələr) Word origin ME pedlare, pedlere < ? peddare, peddler < ped, pedde, a basket, via dim. pedleExamples of 'peddler' in a sentencepeddler drug peddlersLA's ban on sidewalk peddlers Synonyms duffer (dialect) door-to-door salesperson cheap-jack (informal) colporteur Additional synonymsDefinition a person who travels from place to place selling goods It was a visitor and not a hawker at the door. Synonyms pedlar, tout, vendor, travelling salesman, crier, huckster, barrow boy (British), door-to-door salesperson, cheap-jack (informal), colporteur Definition a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street A huckster offered to sell him the formula for guaranteed success. Synonyms pedlar, barker (informal), saleperson, vendor, hawker, pitchman (US) Definition a person who sells goods such as newspapers or hamburgers from a stall or cart There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital. Synonyms seller, dealer, trader, retailer, supplier, merchant, stockist, shopkeeper, hawker, salesman or woman or person, shop assistant, tradesman or woman or person, pedlar, shopman or woman or person - pedantic
- pedantry
- peddle
- peddler
- pedestal
- pedestrian
- pedigree
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