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vender

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Dated spelling of vendor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1773, Stanfield Parkinson, preface to the Journal of his brother Sydney Parkinson's Endeavour voyage, page 18, Can it be supposed, that a man of Dr. Hawkes-worth’s discretion and abilities would enter into an engagement of this nature, and make a purchase of such moment, without enquiring into the title of the vender?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seller, marketer, vendor, trafficker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser

Narrower terms: ticket agent, booking clerk, cosmetician, flower girl, fruiterer, huckster, cheap-jack, peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman, selling agent, dealer, underseller

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.