English
Etymology
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”).
Noun
peddler (plural peddlers)
- An itinerant seller of small goods; a hawker.
- A dealer in illegal drugs.
Derived terms
Translations
itinerant seller of small goods
- Arabic: بائع متجول (ba'a mutajawel)
- Armenian: չարչի (hy) (čʻarčʻi)
- Bulgarian: амбулантен търговец m (ambulanten tǎrgovec)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小販／小贩 (zh) (xiǎofàn)
- Dutch: marskramer (nl) m, venter (nl) m
- Esperanto: kolportisto
- Finnish: kulkukauppias (fi), kaupustelija (fi)
- French: colporteur (fr) m, marchand ambulant m
- Galician: chioleiro m, mercachifre m, bofón m, bufariñeiro m
- German: Hausierer (de) m
- Greek: γυρολόγος (el) m (gyrológos)
- Hungarian: házaló (hu)
- Irish: peidléir m, hácaeir m, joltaeir m, mangaire m, fear cairte m
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- Latin: circulātor m, circulātrix f
- Ngazidja Comorian: mcuuzi class 1/2
- Norman: chinneux m, colporteux m, hotteux m
- Occitan: colejaire m, mercadieiron m
- Portuguese: camelô (pt) m or f, ambulante (pt) m or f, vendedor ambulante m, mascate (pt) m, vendilhão m
- Romanian: negustor ambulant m, telal (ro) m, marchitan (ro) m, tolbaș (ro) m, coropcar (ro) m
- Russian: коробе́йник (ru) m (korobéjnik), разно́счик (ru) m (raznósčik)
- Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche-siubhail m
- Spanish: buhonero (es) m, vendedor ambulante (es) m
- Swedish: krämare (sv) c, nasare (sv) c, hälare (sv) c (stolen goods), säljare (sv) c, månglare (sv) c, handlande (sv) c, handelsresande c, knalle (sv) c
- Welsh: pedler m, pacmon m
- Yiddish: פּעדלער m (pedler)
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