pedlar

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pedlar¹

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From Middle English pedlare, variant of Middle English pedare. More at peddler.

noun pedlars

  1. UK, alternative Alternative spelling of peddler After a time she touched the bell, with great caution; the cook appeared, to whom she gave a slip of paper, on which the woman vanished, leaving the little pedlar of small wares standing on the steps, where she had already placed her basket,...

Pedlar²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

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@misc{pedlar_2026,
  title = {pedlar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pedlar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}