pedlar
/ˈpedlə(r)/(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。
1.1
- a person who sells illegal drugs or stolen goods贩毒者; 销赃者:
a drug pedlar.
毒品贩卖者。
1.2
- 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。
派生词
pedlary
noun (archaic〈古〉)词源
Middle English: perhaps an alteration of synonymous dialect pedder, apparently from dialect ped 'pannier'.