The definition of a peddler is a traveling salesperson.
(noun)An example of a peddler is a woman who travels the country selling jewelry she made.
See peddler in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME pedlare, pedlere < ? peddare, peddler < ped, pedde, a basket, via dim. pedle
See peddler in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English pedlere
Origin: , probably alteration of peddere
Origin: , from Medieval Latin pedārius, crosier bearer
Origin: , from Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see pedi-
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