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Definition of Pedlar
1. Noun. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
Specialized synonyms: Chapman, Cheapjack, Crier, Muffin Man, Sandboy, Transmigrante
Generic synonyms: Marketer, Seller, Trafficker, Vender, Vendor
Derivative terms: Hawk, Peddle
Definition of Pedlar
1. n. See Peddler.
Definition of Pedlar
1. Noun. (British) alternative spelling of peddler ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pedlar
1. peddler [n -S] - See also: peddler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedlar
Literary usage of Pedlar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"THE pedlar OF SWAFFHAM. I have read in the June number of Folk-Lore the ...
AH the British variants of the story of the pedlar of Swaffham represent the ..."
2. History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922 by Logan Esarey, William F. Cronin (1922)
"Josiah pedlar, proprietor of the Golden Rule Grocery Store, ... Mr. Josiah pedlar
was educated jn the public school of Fountain county, Indiana, ..."
3. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, Edward Manson, John Melville Gould (1897)
"Hawker or pedlar. — pedlars Act, 1871 (34 A 35 Viet., c. 96), ss. 8, 4. ...
4 to a penalty for acting as a pedlar without a certificate. ..."
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