dealer

noun

DEE-ler/ˈdilɚ/UKDEE-luh/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/

5 meanings of dealer

1
nouncountable
A person who buys and sells things, like cars, as a business.
Like a shop owner who buys goods and then sells them to you for a profit.
The car dealer offered her a good price on the used sedan.
We bought our truck from a dealer downtown.
Similarsalesman, peddler
2
nouncountable
The person who hands out the cards to players in a card game.
Like the person who gives everyone their pieces before a board game starts.
The dealer slid two cards to each player at the table.
She acted as dealer for the first few rounds of poker.
Similarcroupier
3
nouncountable
A person who sells illegal drugs to people.
Police arrested a dealer outside the abandoned warehouse.
He bought the pills from a dealer he met online.
Similarpeddler
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4
nouncountable
A person or company that buys and sells stocks with its own money, not for customers the way a broker does.
The dealer on the trading floor bought ten thousand shares before lunch.
Her uncle works as a dealer at a big bank, buying and selling stocks all day.
Similartrader
5
nouncountable
A person who gives out or hands out something to others.
The villain saw himself as a dealer of justice.
History remembers him as a harsh dealer of punishment.
Similardispenser
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Origin

From Old English dǣlere, from the verb 'deal' plus '-er'.