dealer

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, equivalent to deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

noun

  1. 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 1967, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “The Stranger Song”, in Songs of Leonard Cohen
  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.
    Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […] 2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90

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