peddler

Other forms of peddler

plural

peddlers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peddler

What does peddler mean?

peddler means "someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peddler?

peddler has 2 syllables: pedd-ler. The stress falls on "pedd". In IPA it is /ˈpɛdlɚ/.

What is another word for peddler?

Close synonyms include pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman, pusher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peddler a common word?

peddler is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.