colporteur
19th century colporter
Meaning
Noun
- A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
Origin
- Borrowed from French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (re-analyzed as col + porteur), from verb comporter, from Latin comportÅ (English comport).
Modern English dictionary
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