peddlernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈped.lər/us/ˈped.lɚ/UK also pedlarespecially in the past, a person who travelled to different places to sell small goods, usually by going from house to house
disapproving someone who gives ideas to other people:
a peddler of New Age philosophies
(drug) peddler old-fashioned
someone who sells illegal drugs to people
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People who sell things
- agent
- assistant
- auctioneer
- barker
- barrow boy
- florist
- franchisee
- hawker
- ironmonger
- label
- sales assistant
- sales force
- sales rep
- salesclerk
- salesman
- tout
- tradesman
- tradespeople
- vendor
- wholesaler
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