Definition of "pedlars" [pedlars]

• Plural form of pedlar. (noun)

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• "The stupid silly pope does not know that the holy Constantine transferred hither the imperial sceptre, the senate, and all the Roman knighthood, and left in Rome nothing but vile minions—fishers, namely, pedlars, bird catchers, bastards, plebeians, slaves."
• "While he took the fish down to the cellar for her, another figure appeared in the doorway; a young boy, short, stooped, with a flat cap on his head and a great oilcloth valise, such as pedlars carry, strapped to his back."
• "“One of those merchants of vanity, called pedlars,” answered Janet, demurely, “who utters his light wares in lighter measures."