peddler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
    pitchman; hawker; packman; pedlar.
  2. noun an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
    drug peddler; drug dealer; drug trafficker; pusher.

WordNet

Ped"dler noun
Etymology
OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913