# colportage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.

## Etymology
1840s, from French colportage, from colporteur (1723).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/colportage