Peddler \Ped"dler\, n. [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.]

One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also pedlar and pedler.]

``Some vagabond huckster or peddler.'' --Hakluyt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)