pedlar

pedlar
(亦作 peddler)
noun
  1. a person who goes from place to place selling small goods
    沿街叫卖的小贩,货郎
    ■a person who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods
    (非法毒品或偷窃赃物的)贩卖者;销赃者
    a drug pedlar.
    毒品贩卖者。
    ■a person who promotes an idea or view persistently or widely
    (观点或看法的)兜售者,散播者
    pedlars of dangerous Utopianism.
    危险的乌托邦思想传播者。
派生
pedlary
noun
  1. (archaic) 古)
语源
  1. Middle English: perhaps an alteration of synonymous dialect pedder, apparently from dialect ped 'pannier'
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