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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•dler (ped′lər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who sells from door to door or in the street.
- a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.
Also, pedlar, pedler. - Middle English pedlere, unexplained variant of peder, derivative of ped(de) basket 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peddler /ˈpɛdlə/ n - a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics
- the usual US spelling of pedlar
ped•dle /ˈpɛdəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. - to go with or carry (goods, esp. small articles) from place to place for sale;
hawk: [~ + object]peddling some useless medicine.[no object]peddling on the Lower East Side. - to deal out or attempt to spread:[~ + object]to peddle radical ideas.
ped•dler, n. [countable]See -ped1-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•dle (ped′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. v.t. - to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail;
hawk. - to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities:to peddle radical ideas.
- Drugsto sell (drugs) illicitly.
v.i. - to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
- to occupy oneself with trifles;
trifle.
- 1525–35; apparently back formation from peddler; in def. 4, reinforced by piddle
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•lar (ped′lər),USA pronunciation n. - peddler.
Also, ped′ler. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pedlar esp US peddler, pedler /ˈpɛdlə/ n - a person who peddles; hawker
Etymology: 14th Century: changed from peder, from ped, pedde basket, of obscure origin |