English (mainly West Midlands): occupational name for a peddler or
hawker, especially one equipped with a horse and cart, Middle English
traunter, traventer (Late Latin travetarius, of
uncertain origin, possibly derived from Latin transvehere ‘to
convey’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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