colporteur
[ kol-pawr-ter, -pohr-; French kawl-pawr-tœr ]
/ ˈkɒlˌpɔr tər, -ˌpoʊr-; French kɔl pɔrˈtœr /
noun, plural col·por·teurs [kol-pawr-terz; French kawl-pawr-tœr] /ˈkɒlˌpɔr tərz; French kɔl pɔrˈtœr/.
a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
a peddler of books.
Origin of colporteur
Words nearby colporteur
colpoptosis,
colporrhagia,
colporrhaphy,
colporrhexis,
colportage,
colporteur,
colposcope,
colposcopy,
colpospasm,
colpostenosis,
colpostenotomy
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British Dictionary definitions for colporteur
colporteur
/ (ˈkɒlˌpɔːtə, French kɔlpɔrtœr) /
noun
a hawker of books, esp bibles
Derived forms of colporteur
colportage, nounWord Origin for colporteur
C18: from French, from
colporter, probably from Old French
comporter to carry (see
comport); influenced through folk etymology by
porter à col to carry on one's neck