itinerant vendor — This term is variously defined in statutes; e.g., a person engaged in transient business either in one locality or in traveling from place to place selling goods. See also hawker peddler. lus cogens. A peremptory norm of general international law … Black's law dictionary
itinerant — I adjective ambulant, ambulatory, passing, peripatetic, journeying, moving, traveling, wandering, wayfaring associated concepts: itinerant dealer, itinerant merchant, itinerant trader, itinerant vendor II noun drifter, peripatetic, traveler,… … Law dictionary
circulator — /serr kyeuh lay teuhr/, n. 1. a person who moves from place to place. 2. a person who circulates money, information, etc. 3. a talebearer or scandalmonger. 4. any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids. 5. Obs. a mountebank. [1600… … Universalium
pitchman — /pich meuhn/, n., pl. pitchmen. 1. an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly. 2. any high pressure salesperson, as one at a concession at a fair or… … Universalium
Charles Sandoe Gilbert — (1760–1831) was an English salesman and historian of Cornwall. Life The son of Thomas Gilbert, was born in the parish of Kenwyn, near Truro, in 1760. In conjunction with a Mr. Powell he became an itinerant vendor of medicines in Cornwall and… … Wikipedia
hawk — {{11}}hawk (n.) c.1300, hauk, earlier havek (c.1200), from O.E. hafoc (W. Saxon), heafuc (Mercian), heafoc, from P.Gmc. *habukaz (Cf. O.N. haukr, O.S. habuc, M.Du. havik, O.H.G. habuh, Ger. Habicht hawk ), from a root meaning to seize, from PIE … Etymology dictionary
cadge — obsolete to steal The linguistic progression appears to have been from selling as an itinerant vendor to stealing, then to our modern meaning, to sponge or beg: A thieving set of magpies cadgin ere and cadgin there. (M. Ward, 1895) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
pitchman — pitch•man [[t]ˈpɪtʃ mən[/t]] n. pl. men 1) a person who makes a sales pitch, as on a radio or TV commercial 2) an itinerant vendor or hawker of small wares • Etymology: 1925–30, amer … From formal English to slang
street seller — /ˈstrit sɛlə/ (say street seluh) noun an itinerant vendor, often of cheap or perishable goods …
chapman — An itinerant vendor of small wares. A trader who trades from place to place … Black's law dictionary
