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ped·lar
(pĕd′lər)n. Chiefly British
Variant of peddler.
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pedlar
;peddler
orpedler
n
(Commerce) a person who peddles; hawker
[C14: changed from peder, from ped, pedde basket, of obscure origin]
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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]
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Noun | 1. | pedlar - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) chapman - archaic term for an itinerant peddler cheapjack - a peddler of inferior goods crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells muffin man - formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins sandboy - 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 money transmigrante - a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell |
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pedlar
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Translations
بائِع مُتَجَوِّل
podomnípouliční obchodník
dørsælger
farandsali
işportacıseyyar satıcı
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peddle
(ˈpedl) verb to go from place to place or house to house selling (small objects). Gypsies often peddle (goods) from door to door.
ˈpedlar , (also, especially American) ˈpeddler noun a person who peddles. I bought it from a pedlar.
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