Word Study
peddler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peddler has 2 senses
- peddler(n = noun.person) hawker, packman, pedlar, pitchman - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals); Array has particulars: chapman, cheapjack, crier, muffin man, sandboy, transmigrante
- peddler(n = noun.person) drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, pusher - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs; Array is a kind of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw, dealer
is a kind of marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
Derived form verb peddle1
Derived form verb peddle1
CIDE DICTIONARY
peddler, 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. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
peddler
arab, cadger, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, cheapjack, colporteur, coster, costermonger, duffer, hawker, higgler, huckster, monger, pusher, roadman, sidewalk salesman, vendor
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