tranter
noun
trant·er
\-tə(r)\
Definition of tranter
-s
dialectal, England
: one that does odd jobs of transporting or peddling usually with a horse and cart
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Origin and Etymology of tranter
alteration of earlier trauenter, traunter, from Medieval Latin travetarius, perhaps from Latin transvectus (past participle of transvehere to carry across, transport, from trans- + vehere to carry) + -arius -ary — more at way
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