Colporteur Definition
kŏlpôrtər
noun
A traveling distributor or seller of Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
Webster's New World
A peddler of devotional literature.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Colporteur
Noun
Singular:
colporteur
Plural:
colporteursOrigin of Colporteur
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French alteration (influenced by col neck, from the idea that peddlers carry their wares on trays suspended from straps around their necks) of Old French comporteur from comporter to conduct, peddle comport
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport).
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