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pether

pether is the alternative form of peddar.

Meaning of peddar

Noun

peddar (plural peddars)

  1. (obsolete) A person who takes goods for sale in a basket from place to place; a peddler.

Proper noun capitalized: Pether

Pether

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of pether

pluralpethers

Origin of pether

From a Cornish equivalent of English Peter.

Questions about pether

What does pether mean?
Pether means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is pether the alternative form of?
Pether is the alternative form of peddar.
What part of speech is pether?
Pether is a proper noun.

Words near pether in the dictionary

  1. PEth
  2. petha
  3. Petham
  4. pethanol
  5. pethas
  6. pether
  7. Petherick
  8. pethers
  9. Pethick
  10. pethidine
  11. pethidines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pether (page history and authors); Pether (page history and authors); peddar (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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