piepowder

[fr. F. pied-poudreux]  1) [adj] 'dusty-footed'; wayfaring, itinerant
2) [n] a. a traveling man, a wayfarer, esp. an itinerant merchant or trader; chiefly used in Court of Piepowders, a summary court formerly held at fairs and markets to administer justice among itinerant dealers and others temporarily present   b. attrib.  Piepowder Court = Court of Piepowders (in a.), of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge