 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
peddler
noun
1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
streets or at carnivals) [syn: {pedlar}, {packman}, {hawker},
{pitchman}]
2: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs [syn: {pusher}, {drug
peddler}, {drug dealer}, {drug trafficker}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peddler \Ped"dler\, noun [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. [Written also {pedlar} and
{pedler}.] ''Some vagabond huckster or peddler.'' --Hakluyt.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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