peddler

Meanings

Plural: peddlers

Noun

someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
An itinerant seller of small goods.
A drug dealer.
A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

chapman, colporteur, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, hawker, huckster, monger, packman, pedlar, pitchman, pusher, solicitor

Scrabble Score: 11

peddler is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
peddler is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peddler is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

peddler is a valid Words With Friends word