dealer

deal-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person or business that buys and sells goods.

  2. 2.

    A person who distributes cards in a card game.

  3. 3.

    (informal) A person who sells illegal drugs.

Forms

plural: dealers

Related words

Antonyms: buyer, customer
See also: deal, merchant, trader
Synonyms: merchant, seller, trader, vendor

Etymology

From Middle English delere, from delen "to deal, distribute," from Old English daelan. The suffix -er indicates an agent or person who performs the action.