dealer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/(UK)

Definition of dealer

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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!”
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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”
  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 […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

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