1. a person who travels from place to place selling small goods
2. a person who sells or promotes something undesirable
Usage: often used negatively

Examples

• The peddler carried his wares in a large backpack.
• Street peddlers sold souvenirs to the tourists.
• My grandfather was a peddler who sold household items door to door.
• The old peddler rang his bell to announce his arrival in the neighborhood.
• Politicians accused him of being a peddler of false information.
• The drug peddler was arrested by police.
• She refused to be a peddler of gossip and rumors.