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English Dictionary: peddler by the DICT Development Group
2 results for peddler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peddler
n
  1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
    Synonym(s): peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
  2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
    Synonym(s): pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.] [bd]Some vagabond huckster or peddler.[b8]
      --Hakluyt.
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