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語源

From 中期英語 pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of 中期英語 peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɛdlə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɛdləɹ/

名詞

peddler (plural peddlers)

1. An itinerant seller of small goods.

   Synonyms: hawker, (obsolete) chapman, huckster, monger, colporteur, solicitor

2. A drug dealer.
   • 1953, Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler”, in Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, published 1981, page 18:

     Here's a cure for all your troubles
     Here's an end to all distress
     It's the old dope peddler
     With his powdered happiness

3. (figurative) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

派生語

Further reading

• peddler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia