peddler

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ped⋅dler

[ped-ler]

–noun

1.	a person who sells from door to door or in the street.

2.	a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.

Also, pedlar, pedler.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME pedlere, unexplained var. of peder, deriv. of ped(de) basket

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ped·dler (pěd'lər)

n. One who travels about selling wares for a living.

[Middle English pedlere, probably alteration of peddere, from Medieval Latin pedārius, crosier bearer, from Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see pedi-.]

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Word Origin & History

peddler

c.1225, from peoddere, peddere, of unknown origin. Pedlar, preferred spelling in U.K., is attested from 1377. It has the appearance of an agent noun, but no verb is attested in M.E. Perhaps a dim. of ped "panier, basket," also of unknown origin, but this is only attested from c.1390. Peddle, colloquial for "to retail," is a back-formation attested from 1837.

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