Hypertext Webster Gateway: "touter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Touter \Tout"er\, n.
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance,
shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for
office. [Colloq.]

The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or
any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps,
better known to the police. --Dickens.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

touter
n : someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen
way [syn: {tout}]


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