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peddler

noun

ˈped-lər How to pronounce peddler (audio)
variants also pedlar
Definition of peddlernext
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps

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Recent Examples of peddler Others say a Chicago street peddler named Anthony Ferreri first sliced the beef into paper-thin pieces so 15 pounds could serve 50 people. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026 Chatting with the peddler Rutherford Selig (Bradley Stryker, enjoyably channeling Deadwood), Bynum casually unzips the surface of reality and dips into the waters below. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 Kennedy, who has no background in science, medicine, or public health, is well known as an ardent anti-vaccine activist and peddler of conspiracy theories. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peddler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
  1. vendor
  2. seller
  3. merchant
  4. huckster
  5. hawker
  6. dealer
Noun
  • Still, concerns around customer concentration, vendor financing, and data center pushback continue to weigh on the stock.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The policy also says some information may be handled by outside vendors that provide services such as IT management, data analytics or cloud storage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of vendor
Noun
  • And the risks are compounded by the fact that many people are sourcing the injectable formulations from a grey market of online sellers.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Nordic Fair Isle prints and anything with sheep, stripes, or funky patterns are fantastic sellers.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • OpenAI takes catalog feeds directly from merchants and asks for a full snapshot at least daily.
    — Srijith Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In some instances, Indigenous nations played surprising roles as collaborators with English merchants to conduct the large-scale slave trade of Native peoples, including in the Carolinas, Utah, and even Central America.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • The fact that none of that advice could ever help someone find real intimacy or success isn’t a problem for the manosphere hucksters, because those achievements would be bad for the business model.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much!
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of huckster
Noun
  • Days before the hawker crackdown, Ruto ordered India’s Tata Chemicals to leave Kenya, arguing that the company had extracted value from the country without creating enough local investment or jobs.
    — Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The dog hawkers, however, don’t fit into any Peace Action report or lecture to visiting students.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hawker
Noun
  • The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Lo and behold, art dealer Almine Rech also organically chose that sculpture as the hero image for her big Hans Op de Beeck solo show, which opened Thursday night at her Brussels gallery.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dealer

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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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