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pedlar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pedlar has 1 sense
- pedlar(n = noun.person) hawker, packman, peddler, 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
is a kind of marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pedlar, n. (US peddler)
1 a travelling seller of small items esp. carried in a pack etc.
2 (usu. foll. by of) a retailer of gossip etc.
1 a travelling seller of small items esp. carried in a pack etc.
2 (usu. foll. by of) a retailer of gossip etc.
Derivative
pedlary n.
Etymology
ME pedlere alt. of pedder f. ped pannier, of unkn. orig.
ROGET THESAURUS
pedlar
Merchant
N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.
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