A peddler is someone who sells things, but it's a very specific type of selling. Peddlers — also known as hawkers and pitchmen — travel from town to town, especially with a carnival or circus. Peddlers are also found on the street, selling many different things, from jewelry to DVDs.
A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a chapman, packman, cheapjack, hawker, higler, huckster, (coster)monger, colporteur or solicitor (not in Britain), is a travelling vendor of goods.
someone who sells illegal drugs to people: I wish the police would arrest all the drug peddlers that hang around in our local park. See more. People who sell things.
a. : someone who offers merchandise (such as fresh produce) for sale along the street or from door to door. b. : someone who deals in or promotes something intangible (such as a personal asset or an idea) influence peddlers.
Word forms: plural peddlers language note: The spelling pedlar is also used in British English for meanings [sense 1] and , [sense 3]. A peddler is someone who goes from place to place in order to sell something. A drug peddler is a person who sells illegal drugs.
The Peddlers formed in Manchester, UK in 1964 as a trio of Trevor Morais (born in Liverpool, 10 October 1944), Tab Martin (born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 December 1944) and Roy Phillips (born in Parkstone, Dorset on 5 May 1943).
1* PEDDLERS usually do not have a stall , so they will go from place to place selling their goods . on the other hand , a vendor is a more generic term for someone who sells goods . some vendors have their own stalls , others are door to door , such as ice cream vendors etc.
A peddler would cover long distances travelling weeks at a time bartering and selling goods and wares. These peddlers were often the equivalent of today's newpaper, bringing news from outlying towns and villages.
What is the difference between a peddler and a pedaler?
If you're not writing about riding a bicycle, chances are you want to use the verb “to peddle.” And if you are referring to the person doing the action, chances are you're talking about a “peddler” (someone who is selling something) versus a “pedaler” (someone who is pedaling); the second usage is fairly rare.
Peddlers usually do not have a stall, so they will go from place to place selling their goods. On the other hand, a vendor is a more generic term for someone who sells goods. Some vendors have their own stalls, others are door-to-door, such as ice cream vendors.
Peddlers: A peddler also moves from house to house and sells articles of daily use. But he carries his wares on his head or on the back of a mule. Therefore the basic difference between the two is that hawker has a cycle or cart to carry his goods while peddlar carries his goods on heads.
Peddlers were merchants who usually traveled from village to village, selling their wares. They sold a wide variety of goods. Often they traveled in a cart pulled by a work animal.
A “Street Peddler” is a person who moves from place to place, whether on private property or on the public way, selling goods, wares, merchandise, wood, fruits and/or vegetables which are whole and uncut.
These first movements of people, which began in the second half of the fifteenth century, reached their peak between 1500 and 1650. The top rung of merchant peddlers were those who traded over extensive areas.
Peddlers usually traded cheap items such as needles, scissors, knives, and religious ribbons. But if they were lucky they could trade in finer objects such as herbal medicines, silver cups, metal utensils, and cloth. Medieval Traders traveled by sea and by land.
Pedlar, preferred spelling in U.K., is attested from late 14c. Going by the above, it's difficult to understand which came first—pedlar or peddler. The former is the recommended BrE spelling and the latter the AmE equivalent.
Simply put, a peddler (or pedlar for our British readers) is a traveling vendor who sells goods from door to door or street to street, not limited to single place or property.
The earliest known use of the adjective peddling is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for peddling is from 1532, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. peddling is apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedlar n.
Etymology. From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).
