peddler

ped·dler

P0144700 (pĕd′lər)n. One who travels about selling wares for a living.

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[Middle English pedlere, probably alteration of peddere, perhaps from Medieval Latin pedārius, one who goes on foot (such as a pilgrim), from Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see pedi-.]

peddler

(ˈpɛdlə) n1. (Recreational Drugs) a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics2. (Commerce) the usual US spelling of pedlar

ped•dler

(ˈpɛd lər)

n. 1. a person who sells from door to door or in the street. 2. a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc. Sometimes, pedlar, pedler. [1350–1400; Middle English pedlere, unexplained alter. of peder, derivative of ped(de) basket]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peddler - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)hawker, packman, pedlar, pitchmanchapman - archaic term for an itinerant peddlercheapjack - a peddler of inferior goodscrier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sellsmuffin man - formerly an itinerant peddler of muffinssandboy - a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for moneytransmigrante - a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
	2.	peddler - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugsdrug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, pushercriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimedealer - a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

peddler

pedlarnoun seller, vendor, hawker, duffer (dialect), huckster, door-to-door salesman, cheap-jack (informal), colporteur drug peddlers LA's ban on sidewalk peddlers

peddler

nounA person who sells narcotics illegally:dealer.Slang: pusher.

Translations

γυρολόγοςπραματευτήςcolporteurvenditore ambulantespacciatore di droga