peddler/ˈpɛdlə/EtymologyFrom Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).peddler means an itinerant seller of small goods. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.nounAn itinerant seller of small goods.A drug dealer.“Here's a cure for all your troubles Here's an end to all distress It's the old dope peddler With his powdered happiness”A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.