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colportage

term for the distribution of publications by book peddlers
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colportage
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colportage

Summary

colportage is an activity[1]. colportage draws 366 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #133 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • colportage's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • colportage's Commons category is recorded as Colportage[4].
  • colportage's said to be the same as is recorded as colportage novel[5].
  • colportage's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • colportage's practiced by is recorded as Peddler[7].

Body

Definition and Type

colportage's instance of is recorded as activity[3].

Why It Matters

colportage draws 366 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #133 of 272).[2] colportage has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] colportage is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). colportage. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/colportage
MLA “colportage.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/colportage.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_colportage_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{colportage}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/colportage}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → colportage
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: colportage, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921590|colportage (#289921590)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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