colporteur

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English [edit]

19th century colporter
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Etymology [edit]

French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport).

Noun [edit]

colporteur (plural colporteurs)

  1. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

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Pronunciation [edit]

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Noun [edit]

colporteur m (plural colporteurs; feminine colporteuse, plural colporteuses)

  1. peddler, hawker
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