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peddler

noun
/ˈpɛdlə/UK/ˈpɛdlɚ/US

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”).

  1. derived from peddere — “hawker, peddler”
  2. inherited from pedlere

Definitions

  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. A fake-news disseminator

    A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for peddler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA