dealer

noun

/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/UK

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.

inherited from dǣlere
inherited from delare

Definitions

1
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
- That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!
2
A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
- It's true that all the men you knew were dealers Who said they were through with dealing
A particular type of stock broker or trader.
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1. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
2. 5
  One who deals or metes out anything.
  - Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]

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Derived

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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