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Colporteur

//kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)// noun

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

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).

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