Definitions for pedlar

pedlar ped·lar

Spelling: [ped-ler]
IPA: /ˈpɛd lər/

Pedlar is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in pedlar (adelpr).

Definitions for pedlar

noun

  1. peddler.
  2. a person who sells from door to door or in the street.
  3. a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.

Origin of pedlar

1350-1400; Middle English pedlere, unexplained variant of peder, derivative of ped(de) basket

Examples for pedlar

The whole company, especially she herself, started at this offer of the pedlar's.

As to the pedlar, she ordered him to be made as welcome as possible by her servants.

So at Alexandria, every pedlar was the one honest follower of his craft.

He was at the mercy of the jobber, the kerb-stone broker, the pedlar in fruit.

He then turned a pedlar, in which situation the Revolution found him.

“Those are samples,” remarked the pedlar, with a gleam of pleasure in his eyes.

I could not reap the profits which I did as a hawker and pedlar.

There was a pedlar's box beside him; I thought I knew the box.

And a very fair speculation no doubt it is, this pedlar butchery.

She ordered the pedlar to be called, who recounted his story as he had done before.

Word Value for pedlar
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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