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Tranter
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation.
Noun
- 1 a peddler. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"Through the open doorway of a small inner room on the left hand, of a character between pantry and cellar, was Dick Dewy’s father, Reuben, by vocation a ‘tranter’, or irregular carrier."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From trant + -er.
Etymology 2
From tranter, an occupational surname for a peddler.
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