colporteur
English
19th century colporter
Alternative forms
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).
Noun
colporteur (plural colporteurs)
- A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
Related terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ/
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Noun
colporteur m (plural colporteurs, feminine colporteuse)
Descendants
- English: colporteur, colporter
Further reading
- “colporteur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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