dealer
//ˈdiːlə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- dealers
Definitions
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 particular type of stock broker or trader.
3.The person who deals the cards in a card game.
4.A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3191
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
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.