PEDDLER
peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
(noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
(noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peddler (plural peddlers)
An itinerant seller of small goods.
Synonyms: hawker, chapman (obsolete), huckster, monger, colporteur, solicitor
A drug dealer.
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"dler, n. Etym: [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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