See Also: tranter(dictionary)

tranter (iou)



tranter noun. obsolete exc. dial. Also (earlier) traventer. LME.
[Anglo-Norman traventer = Anglo-Latin trave(n)tarius, of unkn. origin.]
A person who buys up goods to sell elsewhere; a pedlar, a hawker, formerly esp. one travelling by horse and cart. Orig. also, a retailer of ale.
trant verb intrans. (rare) [back-form.] make one's living as a tranter LME.
trantery noun the occupation of a tranter ME.