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ped·lar

 (pĕd′lər)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of peddler.
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pedlar

;

peddler

or

pedler

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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pedlar - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)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

see peddler
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Translations
بائِع مُتَجَوِّل
podomnípouliční obchodník
dørsælger
farandsali
işportacıseyyar satıcı

pedlar

[ˈpedləʳ] Nvendedor(a) m/f ambulante, buhonero (o.f.) m
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pedlar

nHausierer(in) m(f); (of drugs)Dealer(in) m(f) (inf)
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pedlar

[ˈpɛdləʳ] nvenditore/trice ambulante; (of drugs) → spacciatore/trice
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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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References in classic literature ?
They opened for me that pedler's pack of which I have made so much ado, and I found that it was weighted less with pretty little sad love-tokens than with ignoble thoughts and deeds and an unguided life.
The latter immediately purchased, for ten thousand dollars, a brig called the Pedler, and put Captain Northrop in command of her.
Pedlers were backing their wagons to the edge of the wharf, and from the bargaining and chaffering that went on, I managed to learn the selling price of the oysters.
* In that day there were many thousands of these poor merchants called PEDLERS. They carried their whole stock in trade from door to door.
And without distinct good of this kind in its promises, Reform seemed on a footing with the bragging of pedlers, which was a hint for distrust to every knowing person.
Variety Included in the variety of steam vehicles on display will be Wallis & Steevens Steamroller 8064, Tasker B2 Tractor 1952, Fowler Steamroller Survivor, Wallis & Steevens Traction engine Pedler, Burrell Road Loco Dorothy, Foster Showmans engine Admiral Beatty and Foden Traction engine.
- Lucy Pedler (The Green Register) will give her expert session on Fabric First and building retrofit
Megan Pedler is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Education at Southern Cross University.
From husband Ken, son Desmond, daughter Amanda and families.' A donation of PS10 comes 'in memory of our dear dad Bill Pedler, January 21, 1976.
Steve Smallman's Scaredy Bear (9781680101003, $16.99, HC, Ages 5-8) receives large-size, gorgeous drawings by Caroline Pedler as it tells about a brave little bunny and a big, scared bear.
Tere Ingente, the spokesperson of 4th Infantry Division, identified one of the surrenderees as alias Sander, 20, and a member of Squad 3 Pedler, Sub-Regional Committee 2 (SRC2), North Central Mindanao Regional Command (NCMRC).