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Podcast: The Jimmy Olsen Radio Network
Episode: Colporteur
Description: Colporteur [KOL-pohr-tər]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 18th century
1. A person who sells books, newspapers, and similar literature.
2. Someone employed by a religious society to distribute Bibles and other religious tracts.
Examples of colporteur in a sentence
"All along the Seine, Parisian colporteurs line up to sell books out of wagons."
"Outside the bus station, colporteurs were offering newspapers, magazines, and flyers."
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