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dealer

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deal·er  (dlr)
n.
1. One that is engaged in buying and selling: a used-car dealer; a drug dealer.
2. Games The one who distributes cards.

dealer
Noun
1. a person or organization whose business involves buying and selling things
2. Slang a person who sells illegal drugs
3. Cards the person who distributes the cards
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dealerdealer - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
art dealer - a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
barterer - a trader who exchanges goods and not money
bibliopole, bibliopolist - a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
cheesemonger - someone who sells cheese
barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
cutler - a dealer in cutlery
draper - a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
fence - a dealer in stolen property
fishmonger, fishwife - someone who sells fish
horse trader - a hard bargainer
hardwareman, ironmonger - someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
mercer - a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
seedman, seedsman - a dealer in seeds
slop-seller, slopseller - a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
stamp dealer - a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
stock trader - someone who buys and sells stock shares
2.dealer - a firm engaged in trading
business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
car dealer - a firm that sells and buys cars
computer dealer - a firm that sells and buys computers
jewelry dealer, jewelry store - a firm that sells and buys jewelry
truck dealer - a firm that sells and buys trucks
3.dealer - a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"
drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
4.dealer - the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
broker-dealer - a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
financier, moneyman - a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
5.dealer - the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
card player - someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games

dealer
Translations
Spanish dealer [ˈdiːləʳ] ncomerciante m/f;
(CARDS) → mano f

French dealer [ˈdiːləʳ] deal n (Comm) → marchand m;
(Cards) → donneur m

German dealer [ˈdiːləʳ] deal nHändler(in) m(f);
(in drugs) → Dealer m;
(Cards) → Kartengeber(in) m(f)

Italian dealer [ˈdiːləʳ] ncommerciante m/f

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"After my breaking in," she said, "I was bought by a dealer to match another chestnut horse.
As soon as this case was disposed of, there came into court a woman holding on with a tight grip to a man dressed like a well-to-do cattle dealer, and she came forward making a great outcry and exclaiming, "Justice, senor governor, justice
He was with him in the City when he took his poor pension about from dealer to dealer trying to sell it.
 
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