'Peddler' definitions:
Definition of 'peddler'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman]
noun
An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs [syn: pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker]
Definition of 'Peddler'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'peddler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arab,
- cadger,
- chapman,
- cheap-jack,
- cheap-john,
- cheapjack,
- colporteur,
- coster,
- costermonger,
- duffer,
- hawker,
- higgler,
- huckster,
- monger,
- pusher,
- roadman,
- sidewalk salesman,
- vendor