English Explanatory Dictionary

dealer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
  2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
  3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
  4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
  5. One who deals or metes out anything.

Pronunciation

/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/ en-us-dealer.ogg

Word forms

dealer dealers

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

Synonyms

salesman peddler

Derived words

AADAOPA arms dealer art dealer bookdealer broker-dealer dealer board dealerdom dealer's choice dealership double-dealer drug dealer drug-dealer horsedealer interdealer macaroni dealer meat dealer megadealer misdealer newsdealer nondealer plain dealer scrap dealer slavedealer subdealer wheeler-dealer
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