Definitions for colporteurs

colporteurs col·por·teur

Spelling: [kol-pawr-ter, -pohr-; French kawl-pawr-t Colporteurs is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1001 anagrams from letters in colporteurs (celooprrstu).

Definitions for colporteurs

noun

  1. a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
  2. a peddler of books.
  3. a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
  4. a peddler of books.

Origin of colporteurs

1790-1800; French, equivalent to colport(er) (see colportage) + -eur -eur

Examples for colporteurs

“I take but the proper price,” answered the colporteur, returning most of them to him.

Several months passed, and then one of the brethren, a colporteur, came.

When they had finished, the colporteur said: "It is good to pray, I believe!"

It was found to correspond exactly with that of the colporteur!

Among the colporteur's arguments, however, was one that overcame him.

But these are not my words,” said the colporteur, “they are the words of God.

Joshua, was colporteur in Syria and in Asia Minor about 1860.

In one instance the colporteur was taken for a doctor; in the other for a hunter.

There was not the same public to welcome the Gypsy as had hailed the colporteur.

On a shelf in a corner lay the Bible which the family had received from the colporteur.

In one instance the colporteur was taken for a doctor; in the other for a hunter.

There was not the same public to welcome the Gypsy as had hailed the colporteur.

When they had finished, the colporteur said: "It is good to pray, I believe!"

“I take but the proper price,” answered the colporteur, returning most of them to him.

But these are not my words,” said the colporteur, “they are the words of God.

Among the colporteur's arguments, however, was one that overcame him.

It was found to correspond exactly with that of the colporteur!

Several months passed, and then one of the brethren, a colporteur, came.

On a shelf in a corner lay the Bible which the family had received from the colporteur.

Joshua, was colporteur in Syria and in Asia Minor about 1860.

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