Dictionary

peddler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛdlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛdlɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).

Meanings

1. An itinerant seller of small goods.
2. A drug dealer.
   • Here's a cure for all your troubles Here's an end to all distress It's the old dope peddler With his powdered happiness 1953, Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler”, in Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, published 1981, page 18:
3. (figuratively) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

Forms

Deriveds

peddleress · peddler's fair · peddlery · essence peddler · peddle

Synonyms

monger · huckster · chapman · hawker · colporteur · solicitor

Translations (105)

ms penjaja (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv handlande (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Waschweib (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · yi פּעדלער (itinerant seller of small goods) · ga hácaeir (itinerant seller of small goods) · nn kremmar (itinerant seller of small goods) · uk офе́ня (itinerant seller of small goods) · gl mercachifre (itinerant seller of small goods) · it padellaio (itinerant seller of small goods) · ar بَائِع مُتَجَوِّل (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv säljare (itinerant seller of small goods) · fr marchand ambulant (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv krämare (itinerant seller of small goods) · ja 鬻女 (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Höker (itinerant seller of small goods) · pt camelô (itinerant seller of small goods) · nl venter (itinerant seller of small goods) · ro coropcar (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Krämer (itinerant seller of small goods) · nn kramkar (itinerant seller of small goods) · be піліпо́н (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv månglare (itinerant seller of small goods) · kum табушдурувчу (itinerant seller of small goods) · ota قولتقجی (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv knalle (itinerant seller of small goods) · ru коробе́йник (itinerant seller of small goods) · hu vigéc (itinerant seller of small goods) · nrf hotteux (itinerant seller of small goods) · cmn 小販 /小贩 (itinerant seller of small goods) · be карабе́йнік (itinerant seller of small goods) · ro marchitan (itinerant seller of small goods) · pt ambulante (itinerant seller of small goods) · el διαδότρια (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · ar جَوَّال (itinerant seller of small goods) · pl domokrążca (itinerant seller of small goods) · uk коробе́йник (itinerant seller of small goods) · be каро́бачнік (itinerant seller of small goods) · ro negustor ambulant (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Fabulant (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · sv Krösa-Maja (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · ja 鬻人 (itinerant seller of small goods) · kum элтивчю (itinerant seller of small goods) · pt vendedor ambulante (itinerant seller of small goods) · mk праматар (itinerant seller of small goods) · oc mercadieiron (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Hausierer (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv hökare (itinerant seller of small goods) · gl bufariñeiro (itinerant seller of small goods) · ro telal (itinerant seller of small goods) · be разно́счык (itinerant seller of small goods) · oc colejaire (itinerant seller of small goods) · it vucumprà (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv hälare (itinerant seller of small goods) · grc μεταβολεύς (itinerant seller of small goods) · gl bofón (itinerant seller of small goods) · el γυρολόγος (itinerant seller of small goods) · ota اسكیجی (itinerant seller of small goods) · es vendedor ambulante (itinerant seller of small goods) · es pregonero (itinerant seller of small goods) · ja 鬻女 (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv nasare (itinerant seller of small goods) · ga peidléir (itinerant seller of small goods) · ja 鬻人 (itinerant seller of small goods) · nrf chinneux (itinerant seller of small goods) · mk фанатизи́ран заго́ворник (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · cs podomní prodavač (itinerant seller of small goods) · la circulātor (itinerant seller of small goods) · nrf colporteux (itinerant seller of small goods) · fr colporteur (itinerant seller of small goods) · uk розно́шувач (itinerant seller of small goods) · gd ceannaiche-siubhail (itinerant seller of small goods) · es buhonero (itinerant seller of small goods) · ga mangaire (itinerant seller of small goods) · eo kolportisto (itinerant seller of small goods) · bg амбулантен търговец (itinerant seller of small goods) · el διαδότης (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · es topmantero (itinerant seller of small goods) · ru офе́ня (itinerant seller of small goods) · zdj mcuuzi (itinerant seller of small goods) · hu házaló (itinerant seller of small goods) · hy չարչի (itinerant seller of small goods) · hu ügynök (itinerant seller of small goods) · fi kaupustelija (itinerant seller of small goods) · ro tolbaș (itinerant seller of small goods) · de Schwätzer (fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator) · pt vendilhão (itinerant seller of small goods) · es mantero (itinerant seller of small goods) · az çərçi (itinerant seller of small goods) · fi kulkukauppias (itinerant seller of small goods) · sv handelsresande (itinerant seller of small goods) · ga fear cairte (itinerant seller of small goods) · nl marskramer (itinerant seller of small goods) · id pedagang asongan (itinerant seller of small goods) · ota بوغچهجی (itinerant seller of small goods) · pt prestamista (itinerant seller of small goods) · ru лото́чник (itinerant seller of small goods) · la circulātrix (itinerant seller of small goods) · cy pacmon (itinerant seller of small goods) · be афе́ня (itinerant seller of small goods) · gl chioleiro (itinerant seller of small goods) · cy pedler (itinerant seller of small goods) · pt mascate (itinerant seller of small goods) · ru разно́счик (itinerant seller of small goods) · tr çerçi (itinerant seller of small goods) · ga joltaeir (itinerant seller of small goods)