peddlers

noun

variants also pedlars
plural of peddler
as in vendors
one who sells things outdoors the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps

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Recent Examples of peddlers But at each step, the NCAA fought reform through lobbying and influence peddlers focusing more on its finances than the well-being of athletes. — U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 Find a souvenir in the high-end boutiques on Montana Avenue, the independent shops and vintage stores along Main Street or the brand-name peddlers at Santa Monica Place. — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 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 Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026 The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddlers
  1. vendors
  2. sellers
  3. merchants
  4. hawkers
  5. hucksters
  6. dealers
Noun
  • Under that unique arrangement between the league, team and venue, the Jaguars are responsible for game day staffing, vendors, operations, ticketing, concessions and more.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Others have taken to buying from black-market street vendors.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of vendors
Noun
  • The new Fashionphile report is loaded with data on the platform’s sellers in 2026, and also offers insight into the year’s generational, geographical and style trends.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Dozens of medical professionals have openly promoted access to retatrutide, and some sellers have been aided by an independent, blue-chip certification that gives them the appearance of legitimacy and the ability to advertise it on social media.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of sellers
Noun
  • Less enforcement means more risk for growers, local merchants and agricultural hedgers in the marketplace.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The initial wave of departures was made up of African American intellectuals, church leaders and merchants.
    — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of merchants
Noun
  • They're joined by fishermen, auctioneers, fish hawkers and wholesalers, transport workers and ice suppliers.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 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 hawkers
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
  • Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of hucksters
Noun
  • The group’s calculations exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The London Invitational also gave two dealers without galleries the opportunity to exhibit their artists.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dealers

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“Peddlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddlers. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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