peddler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛdlə/
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/ˈpɛdlə/ · /ˈpɛdlɚ/

Definition of peddler

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An itinerant seller of small goods.
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noun

  1. An itinerant seller of small goods.
  2. A drug dealer.
    “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”
  3. (figuratively)A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

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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”).

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