"colporteur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colporteur.wav [Southern-England] Forms: colporteurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|colporteur}} French colporteur, {{uder|en|la|comportō}} Latin comportō Head templates: {{en-noun}} colporteur (plural colporteurs)
  1. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books Wikipedia link: colporteur Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: colporter Related terms: colportage, colport

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