pedler
pedler is the archaic form of peddler.
Meaning of peddler
Noun
peddler (plural peddlers)
- An itinerant seller of small goods.
- A drug dealer.
- Here's a cure for all your troubles
Here's an end to all distress
It's the old dope peddler
With his powdered happiness1953, Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler”, in Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, published 1981, page 18
- Here's a cure for all your troubles
- A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.
Proper noun capitalized: Pedler
Pedler (plural Pedlers)
- A surname from Middle English.
Forms of pedler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pedlers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Pedlers |
Origin of pedler
From Middle English pedlere, altered form of peddere (“hawker, peddler”), an occupational surname for a hawker or huckster.
Words formed from pedler
Questions about pedler
- What does pedler mean?
- Pedler means a surname from Middle English.
- What is pedler the archaic form of?
- Pedler is the archaic form of peddler.
- What part of speech is pedler?
- Pedler is a proper noun.
Words near pedler in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedler (page history and authors); Pedler (page history and authors); peddler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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