peddler

Multiple Entries:
  peddler    pedlar  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peddler/ˈpedlə(r)/

▶noun variant spelling of pedlar.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pedlar /ˈpedlə(r)/ (chiefly US also peddler)

▶noun

• 1 an itinerant trader in small goods.

• 2 a person who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods.

• 3 a person who peddles an idea or view.

– derivatives
pedlary noun (archaic).

– origin ME: perh. an alt. of synonymous dial. pedder, appar. from dial. ped ‘pannier’.