colportage
English edit
Etymology edit
1840s, from French colportage, from colporteur (1723).
Noun edit
colportage (usually uncountable, plural colportages)
- The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
Related terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
colportage m (plural colportages)
Further reading edit
- “colportage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.