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Meanings of peddler in English

Russian
разносная торговля
Portuguese
caixeiro-viajante
Spanish
vendedor itinerante
Catalan
venedor porta a porta
Wikidata

Travelling vendor of goods.

Related terms
разносная торговля
Portuguese
camelô
Catalan
viatjant
Spanish
buhonero

Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

camelô
Portuguese
traficante
Catalan
traficant

An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs.

traficante
Synonyms
Examples for "pusher"
Examples for "pusher"
1
The fine was handed down to Tom Steels, the pusher in question.
The South African
2
A paper pusher like me is perfect to go through Jonathan's papers.
The book of spies
3
The F.E.2b pusher, discarded as a fighting machine, became the principal night-bomber.
Aviation in Peace and War
4
I'm just a lawyer who specializes in human resources-your basic paper pusher.
Take a Chance on Me
5
First off, Emma had never seen a paper-pusher built like Thomas Tobin.
Take a Chance on Me
1
You look like a drug peddler.
Heart-shaped box
2
I don't have the faintest idea who killed Captain Romstead, or why, but he wasn't a drug peddler.
Man on a leash
3
A government survey found that 11 percent of fever sufferers still go to a drug peddler as their first port of call.
Reuters
4
Instead he grows up and takes on the illustrious street name Brown Man and makes it as a drug peddler just to get her back.
A visible darkness
5
Pimps and drug peddlers lounged amid the marble pedestals of broken statuary.
Shadow's son
1
Expect more bodies until there's no drug dealer left in the city.
The South African
2
Think of it as a kind of an automated drug dealer, really.
Wired
3
New client -a drug dealer caught by the prosecution on videotape.
My Sister's Keeper
4
It is understood the victim was a 38-year-old drug dealer from Cork.
The Irish Times
5
That meant he was a drug dealer, an arms dealer, or both.
The good son: a novel
1
The drug trafficker immediately appealed the 12-month sentence and was granted bail.
News.com.au
2
But it made no mention of Guzman, the world's most-wanted drug trafficker.
Reuters
3
However, cops were convinced that its contents would help catch a drug trafficker.
News.com.au
4
Jasper: Do you have dealings with the known Colombian drug trafficker Antonio Ignacio?
From dawn to deceit
5
One victim told the judge Kapoor should be treated as a drug trafficker.
Reuters
Usage of peddler in English
1
A peddler aye gives the whole village a fit of the liberalities.
A Knight of the Nets
2
Accidental message peddler Gracewood says she never expected to be doing this.
Radio NZ
3
The peddler nodded and continued his pitch in whatever language he spoke.
Book Two: Descent
4
Henry reluctantly restrained his impatience, and followed the direction of the peddler.
The Spy
5
It was the peddler, with ashen face and eyes rolling with fear.
The Days of Mohammed
6
He was a thrid peddler in a dinky little pleated coat, Dannie.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
7
The Amyrlin herself, come with no more warning than a pack peddler.
The great hunt
8
A fine Bel Tine, with a peddler, and a gleeman, and strangers.
To the blight: the eye of the world
9
Like the fruit peddler in Cabaret, my father was a Jewish merchant.
NY Magazine
10
There was a far-away, rather dull look in the old peddler's eyes.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
11
The absence of even the most transient peddler was disturbing to him.
The First King of Shannara
12
The peddler, noisy and greasy as usual, greeted her with friendly sympathy.
Mother
13
I imagine that these Fenton people know all about our peddler friend.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
14
A peddler of umbrellas passed, and Selwyn purchased one for a dollar.
The Parts Men Play
15
The peddler, or tinker, or something or other who disappeared years ago.
Aunt Jane's Nieces
16
The peddler added a small piece of ginger without charging for it.
Death of a Red Heroine