pedlar
Itinerant small-goods seller
A pedlar is a person who travels from place to place selling small goods—the traditional figure with a pack or cart hawking wares door to door.
The spelling pedlar is more common in British English; Americans typically write peddler.
The word extends to anyone who spreads or promotes something, often disparagingly: a pedlar of lies, a pedlar of conspiracy theories.
Roving medieval seller
- costermongerStreet fruit and vegetable seller
- pitchmanPersuasive product demonstrator
- barkerShow entrance promoter
- toutPromote aggressively
canvasser · huckster · drummer · monger · packman · cheapjack · tinker · sutler
Minor decorative objects
- waresItems offered for sale
- goodsThings for sale
- notionsFleeting mental impressions
- sundriesAssorted minor items
novelties · baubles · knick-knacks · curios · haberdashery · pots · pans · ribbons
Moving from place to place
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- rovingMoving from place to place
- itinerantMoving for work
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
wayfaring · peripatetic · transient · migrant · footloose · rambling · roaming · drifting
Trading for payment
- tradingExchanging for value
- hawkingSport using trained raptors
- vendingSelling through machines
- barteringExchanging goods directly
haggling · bargaining · dealing · merchandising · touting · canvassing · drumming · soliciting
chapman
Roving medieval seller
- costermongerStreet fruit and vegetable seller
- pitchmanPersuasive product demonstrator
- barkerShow entrance promoter
tout · canvasser · huckster · drummer · monger · packman · cheapjack · tinker · sutler · cadger
trinkets
Minor decorative objects
sundries · novelties · baubles · knick-knacks · curios · haberdashery · pots · pans · ribbons · lace
traveling
Moving from place to place
nomadic · wayfaring · peripatetic · transient · migrant · footloose · rambling · roaming · drifting · journeying
selling
Trading for payment
bartering · haggling · bargaining · dealing · merchandising · touting · canvassing · drumming · soliciting · crying
pedlarshopkeeper
Small store manager
storekeeper · merchant · retailer · proprietor · boutique owner
pedlartycoon
Dominant industrial leader
magnate · wholesaler · merchant prince · mogul · industrialist