Noun: pedlar ped-lu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: peddler)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: peddler)
- Someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
"The pedlar carried his goods from town to town, setting up his stall in marketplaces";
- peddler [N. Amer], hawker, pitchman [N. Amer]
- An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
"The police arrested a known drug pedlar in the neighbourhood";
- pusher [informal], drug peddler, peddler [N. Amer], drug dealer, drug trafficker, narco [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: pedlars
Type of: crim [Brit, informal], criminal, crook [informal], dealer, felon, malefactor [formal], marketeer, marketer, outlaw, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
Encyclopedia: Pedlar, West Virginia