peddler

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
  2. noun an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman

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