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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or
           any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps,
           better known to the police.              --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  touter
     n.
     One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops,
  etc.: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  touter
     n.
     One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops,
  etc.: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  touter
     n.
     One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops,
  etc.: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  touter
     n.
     One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops,
  etc.: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Touter /tˈaʊtə/
  تاجر السّوق السّوداء

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  touter /tˈaʊtə/
   [Br.] Kundenfänger , Anbahner , Schlepper , Keiler  [Ös.]
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: tout, spruiker
  
   see: touts, touters, spruikers
  

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