From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from .

• (British) IPA: /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/

dealer (plural dealers)

1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

   Synonyms: salesman, peddler

   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.

   Synonyms: peddler

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.
   • 2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90:

     Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]

• German: Händler
• Italian: distributore, rivenditore, rappresentante
• Portuguese: negociante
• Russian: ди́лер
• Spanish: concesionario

• Italian: piazzista
• Russian: ди́лер

• German: Geber
• Portuguese: distribuidor
• Russian: сдавать
• Spanish: crupier