Definition of colporteur in English:

colporteur

noun ˈkɒlˌpɔːtəˌkɒlpɔːˈtəː

1A person who sells books, newspapers, and similar literature.
叫卖书报的小贩
Example sentencesExamples
- The prefect's efforts in this affair were focused on the persecution of colporteurs, key figures in the marketing and distribution of antigovernment pamphlets and newspapers.
Synonyms
travelling salesman, door-to-door salesman
1. 1.1 Someone employed by a religious society to distribute bibles and other religious tracts.
  叫卖（或分发）宗教书刊的人
  Example sentencesExamples
  At one time it employed nearly 300 colporteurs, and virtually every parish in the country was visited by one of its men and his bag of books.
  Throughout the 1890s, Korean colporteurs worked with missionaries to distribute texts throughout the country.
  E. G. Wheeler and his wife were the first Baptist chapel car colporteurs.

Derivatives

colportage

noun ˈkɒlˌpɔːtɪdʒ

They were in the tradition of colportage, hawked by street pedlars who entered bars and workshops, or sold by tobacconists, newsagents, or at railway kiosks.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of the Titanic instant books were produced by colportage publishing firms; others were published by firms specializing in children's books, travel narratives, political biographies, etc.
- It was instrumental in the colportage movement in America, a system of traveling Christian literature salesmen whose trade it was to distribute a mushrooming inventory of Gospel literature - tracts, pamphlets, books and magazines - in the streets, into the homes and churches, and across America.

Origin

Late 18th century: French, from the verb colporter, probably an alteration of comporter, from Latin comportare 'carry with one'.

Definition of colporteur in US English:

colporteur

noun

1A peddler of books, newspapers, and similar literature.
叫卖书报的小贩
Example sentencesExamples
- The prefect's efforts in this affair were focused on the persecution of colporteurs, key figures in the marketing and distribution of antigovernment pamphlets and newspapers.
Synonyms
travelling salesman, door-to-door salesman
1. 1.1 Someone employed by a religious society to distribute bibles and other religious tracts.
  叫卖（或分发）宗教书刊的人
  Example sentencesExamples
  E. G. Wheeler and his wife were the first Baptist chapel car colporteurs.
  Throughout the 1890s, Korean colporteurs worked with missionaries to distribute texts throughout the country.
  At one time it employed nearly 300 colporteurs, and virtually every parish in the country was visited by one of its men and his bag of books.

Origin

Late 18th century: French, from the verb colporter, probably an alteration of comporter, from Latin comportare ‘carry with one’.

单词	colporteur
释义	Definition of colporteur in English: colporteur noun ˈkɒlˌpɔːtəˌkɒlpɔːˈtəː 1A person who sells books, newspapers, and similar literature. 叫卖书报的小贩 Example sentencesExamples The prefect's efforts in this affair were focused on the persecution of colporteurs, key figures in the marketing and distribution of antigovernment pamphlets and newspapers. Synonyms travelling salesman, door-to-door salesman 1.1 Someone employed by a religious society to distribute bibles and other religious tracts. 叫卖（或分发）宗教书刊的人 Example sentencesExamples At one time it employed nearly 300 colporteurs, and virtually every parish in the country was visited by one of its men and his bag of books. Throughout the 1890s, Korean colporteurs worked with missionaries to distribute texts throughout the country. E. G. Wheeler and his wife were the first Baptist chapel car colporteurs. Derivatives colportage noun ˈkɒlˌpɔːtɪdʒ They were in the tradition of colportage, hawked by street pedlars who entered bars and workshops, or sold by tobacconists, newsagents, or at railway kiosks. Example sentencesExamples Some of the Titanic instant books were produced by colportage publishing firms; others were published by firms specializing in children's books, travel narratives, political biographies, etc. It was instrumental in the colportage movement in America, a system of traveling Christian literature salesmen whose trade it was to distribute a mushrooming inventory of Gospel literature - tracts, pamphlets, books and magazines - in the streets, into the homes and churches, and across America. Origin Late 18th century: French, from the verb colporter, probably an alteration of comporter, from Latin comportare 'carry with one'. Definition of colporteur in US English: colporteur noun 1A peddler of books, newspapers, and similar literature. 叫卖书报的小贩 Example sentencesExamples The prefect's efforts in this affair were focused on the persecution of colporteurs, key figures in the marketing and distribution of antigovernment pamphlets and newspapers. Synonyms travelling salesman, door-to-door salesman 1.1 Someone employed by a religious society to distribute bibles and other religious tracts. 叫卖（或分发）宗教书刊的人 Example sentencesExamples E. G. Wheeler and his wife were the first Baptist chapel car colporteurs. Throughout the 1890s, Korean colporteurs worked with missionaries to distribute texts throughout the country. At one time it employed nearly 300 colporteurs, and virtually every parish in the country was visited by one of its men and his bag of books. Origin Late 18th century: French, from the verb colporter, probably an alteration of comporter, from Latin comportare ‘carry with one’.
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