English Explanatory Dictionary

colporteur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

Pronunciation

/kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colporteur.wav

Word forms

colporteur colporteurs colporter

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).

Related words

colportage colport
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