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col·por·teur (käl′pôrt′ər)

noun

a traveling distributor or seller of Bibles, religious tracts, etc.

Etymology: Fr, peddler; altered by assoc. with col, neck < OFr comporter: see comport

colporteur Related Forms
col′·por′·tage (-ij) noun

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