US /ˈtaʊtɚ/ UK /ˈtaʊtə/
noun Freq #367376

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who solicits customers or promotes something in an insistent or obtrusive way

    Touters crowded the station entrance, loudly offering rooms and carriage rides.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who solicits... toutsolicitorhawkerpromoter
Word family
Forms touters
Related forms toutpeddlercanvasser

Etymology

Formed from tout + the agent suffix -er, literally "one who touts." Tout once meant to watch or look out; its commercial sense developed through seeking information or custom and then soliciting customers obtrusively.

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