dealer
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from
- (British) IPA: /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/
dealer (plural dealers)
- 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!
- A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
- Synonyms: peddler
- A particular type of stock broker or trader.
- The person who deals the cards in a card game.
- 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
- German: Geber
- Portuguese: distribuidor
- Russian: сдавать
- Spanish: crupier
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