Definitions For Colporteur

Noun

COLPORTEUR (plural COLPORTEURs) A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

Related terms

colportage colport

Alternative forms

colporter

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, colporteur}}, from comporteur by influence of col, , neck (re-analyzed as col + porteur, , porter), from verb comporter, from {{etyl, la, en}} comportō (English comport).

Is Colporteur a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Colporteur is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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