pedlar n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: {peddler}, {pedlar}, {packman}, {hawker}, {pitchman}]
Peddler \Ped"dler\, n. [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.] One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also {pedlar} and {pedler}.] "Some vagabond huckster or peddler." --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
Pedlar \Ped"lar\, Pedler \Ped"ler\, n. See {Peddler}. [1913 Webster]