peddler
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See also: Peddler
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛdlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛdləɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
peddler (plural peddlers)
- An itinerant seller of small goods.
- A drug dealer.
- 1953, Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler”, in Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, published 1981, page 18:
- Here's a cure for all your troubles
Here's an end to all distress
It's the old dope peddler
With his powdered happiness
- (figurative) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.
Derived terms[edit]
- essence peddler
- peddle (back-formation)
Translations[edit]
itinerant seller of small goods
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drug dealer — see drug dealer
fake-news disseminator; conspiracy-theory propagator
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