colporteur

English

19th-century colporteur

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/
  • (file)

Noun

colporteur (plural colporteurs)

  1. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French colporteur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔl.pɔrˈtøːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: col‧por‧teur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

colporteur m (plural colporteurs)

  1. A door-to-door salesperson.

French

Etymology

From colporter + -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔl.pɔʁ.tœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

colporteur m (plural colporteurs, feminine colporteuse)

  1. peddler, hawker

Descendants

  • English: colporteur, colporter

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