variants
or less commonly pedlar
plural peddlers also pedlars
: someone who peddles: such as
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
commonly confused with pedaler
Examples of peddler in a Sentence
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
Recent Examples on the Web
One of those reunions is Mat and village peddler/ultra-darkfriend Padan Fain—and, hey, there's the Shadar Logoth dagger!
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Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
But peddlers of conventional economic wisdom mounted a counter-attack.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Perrin discovered that Padan Fain, the peddler who used to visit Two Rivers with fun gifts from faraway lands, is actually a Darkfriend in service to evil, and was the one who helped the Trollocs destroy their village back in the first episode.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2023
As a result of the new law, police on Thursday established several drug free zones, including in Chinatown, where residents and business owners have long complained about drug peddlers and vagrants congregating in the area around Capital One Arena.
—Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The group brought in others: a butcher here, a car-wash operator there, in addition to dozens of gofers, petty drug peddlers, and lookouts who kept an eye on the whereabouts of every resident, visitor, and passerby in the G.U.’s areas of control.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Crespo, who worked on a healthcare strike force with other HHS and FBI agents over the past decade, stood trial in August on charges of tipping off Diaz and his patient recruiters and pill peddlers about the federal painkiller probe.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
To put it another way, disinformation peddlers need only make a claim that sounds plausible or might even have a small kernel of truth to influence the unwary.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The perfume peddlers, the Black power guys with their mics, the drunken hockey fans, the scalpers, the Asian grandmothers with the giant wheelie shopping bags, the toddler meltdowns because Mommy wouldn’t buy the $20 spinning-light thing at the arena’s ice skating show have all been there.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
But peddlers of conventional economic wisdom mounted a counter-attack.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Perrin discovered that Padan Fain, the peddler who used to visit Two Rivers with fun gifts from faraway lands, is actually a Darkfriend in service to evil, and was the one who helped the Trollocs destroy their village back in the first episode.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2023
As a result of the new law, police on Thursday established several drug free zones, including in Chinatown, where residents and business owners have long complained about drug peddlers and vagrants congregating in the area around Capital One Arena.
—Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The group brought in others: a butcher here, a car-wash operator there, in addition to dozens of gofers, petty drug peddlers, and lookouts who kept an eye on the whereabouts of every resident, visitor, and passerby in the G.U.’s areas of control.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Crespo, who worked on a healthcare strike force with other HHS and FBI agents over the past decade, stood trial in August on charges of tipping off Diaz and his patient recruiters and pill peddlers about the federal painkiller probe.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
To put it another way, disinformation peddlers need only make a claim that sounds plausible or might even have a small kernel of truth to influence the unwary.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The perfume peddlers, the Black power guys with their mics, the drunken hockey fans, the scalpers, the Asian grandmothers with the giant wheelie shopping bags, the toddler meltdowns because Mommy wouldn’t buy the $20 spinning-light thing at the arena’s ice skating show have all been there.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddler. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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