colporteur — meaning in English

English meaning

• huckster noun A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
• peddler noun A person who travels around selling small goods.

Senses

colporteur is used for these senses in English:

• huckster Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
• peddler An itinerant seller of small goods.

huckster — full definition

1. noun A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
2. noun Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
3. noun One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.
4. noun Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

peddler — full definition

1. noun A person who travels around selling small goods.
2. noun A drug dealer.

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