Peddler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peddler \Ped"dler\, n. [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare,
     peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peddler
       n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
            streets or at carnivals) [syn: {pedlar}, {packman}, {hawker},
             {pitchman}]
       2: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs [syn: {pusher}, {drug
          peddler}, {drug dealer}, {drug trafficker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "peddler":
     arab, cadger, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, cheapjack,
     colporteur, coster, costermonger, duffer, hawker, higgler,
     huckster, monger, pusher, roadman, sidewalk salesman, vendor