Meanings
pedlar1
plural pedlars
- UKalternativeotherwise datedAlternative spelling of peddler.
I had strolled along the platform where the native pedlars called their wares as passengers leaned from the wide carriage windows.
1942 July-August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 2081 more example
After a time she touched the bell, with great caution; the cook appeared, to whom she gave a slip of paper, on which the woman vanished, leaving the little pedlar of small wares standing on the steps, where she had already placed her basket,...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 162
Pedlar2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishpedare
- Middle Englishpedlare
- Englishpedlar
From Middle English pedlare, variant of Middle English pedare. More at peddler.
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pedlar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedlar
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