Colporteur
//kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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