Colportage vs. Colporteur

Colportagenoun

the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature

Colporteurnoun

A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

Colportagenoun

The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

Colporteurnoun

A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

Colportage

Colportage is the distribution of publications, books, and religious tracts by carriers called or . The term does not necessarily refer to religious book peddling.

‘colporteurs’; ‘colporters’;