different between meddler vs peddler

English

Etymology

From Middle English medlere, medelere, equivalent to meddle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/, /?m?dl??/

Noun

meddler (plural meddlers)

1. One who meddles or interferes in something not of their concern.
   • 1868, Horatio Alger, Struggling Upward

     “Yes, Mr. Coleman, I have,” answered Luke steadily. “I thought it my duty to inform this man of your character. I have advised him to put his money into a savings-bank.”

     “Curse you for an impertinent meddler!” said Coleman wrathfully. “I’ll get even with you for this!”

     “You can do as you please,” said Luke calmly.

   • 1934, H. P. Lovecraft, Through the Gates of the Silver Key, chapter 8

     “Stop!” The hoarse, oddly alien voice of the Swami held a tone beyond all mere earthly fright “I told you there was another form of proof which I could give if necessary, and I warned you not to provoke me to it. This red-faced old meddler is right; I’m not really an East Indian. This face is a mask, and what it covers is not human.”

Synonyms

• busybody
• kibitzer
• marplot
• nosey parker

Translations

See also

• gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, intruder, buttinsky

English

Alternative forms

• pedlar (British)
• pedler (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin ped?rius, from Latin ped?re (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).

Noun

peddler (plural peddlers)

1. An itinerant seller of small goods.

   Synonyms: hawker, (obsolete) chapman, huckster, monger, colporteur, solicitor

2. A drug dealer.
3. (figuratively) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

Derived terms

• peddle (back-formation)

Translations

Further reading

• peddler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia