"tranter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tranters [plural], traunter [alternative]
Etymology: From trant + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trant|er|id2=agent noun}} trant + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tranter (plural tranters)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) a peddler. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1929, Florence Hardy, The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1841-1891:",
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