Meanings
noundealer (plural dealers)
plural dealers
- 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
1967, Leonard Cohen, “The Stranger Song”, in Songs of Leonard CohenSynonyms: 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.
Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]
2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
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nounsomeone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Broader
nounthe major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
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Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*dailiz
- Proto-Germanic*dailijaną
- Old Englishdǣlan
- Old Englishdǣlere
- Middle Englishdelare
- Englishdealer
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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Arabic تَاجِر, تَاجِرَة
- تَاجِر (tājir)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- تَاجِرَة (tājira)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
Bengali কারবারী
- কারবারী (karbari)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
Bulgarian търго́вец, ди́лър
- търго́вец (tărgóvec)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- ди́лър (dílăr)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- раздава́ч (razdaváč)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Catalan concessionari, croupier
- concessionarione who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- croupierthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Chinese Mandarin 商人, 荷官
- 商人 (shāngrén)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- 荷官 (héguān)the person who deals the cards in a card game
- 莊家 /庄家 (zhuāngjiā)the person who deals the cards in a card game
- 莊 /庄 (zhuāng)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Czech prodejce, obchodník
- prodejceone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- obchodníkone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- zprostředkovatelone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- rozdávajícíthe person who deals the cards in a card game
- krupiérthe person who deals the cards in a card game
- bankéřthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Danish forhandler, børshandler
- forhandlerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- børshandlera particular type of stock broker or trader
- fondshandlera particular type of stock broker or trader
- kortgiverthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Dutch dealer, gever
- dealerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- geverthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Estonian diiler, maakler
- diilerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- maaklera particular type of stock broker or trader
- diilera particular type of stock broker or trader
- diilerthe person who deals the cards in a card game
- jagajathe person who deals the cards in a card game
Finnish jälleenmyyjä, jakaja
- jälleenmyyjäone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- jakajathe person who deals the cards in a card game
French concessionnaire, croupier
- concessionnaireone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- croupierthe person who deals the cards in a card game
- donneurthe person who deals the cards in a card game
German Händler, Geber
- Händlerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- Geberthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Italian distributore, rivenditore
- distributoreone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- rivenditoreone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- rappresentanteone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- piazzistaa particular type of stock broker or trader
Japanese ディーラー, 商人
- ディーラー (dīrā)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- 商人 (shōnin)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- ディーラー (dīrā)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- 親 (oya)the person who deals the cards in a card game
- ディーラー (dīrā)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Korean 딜러, 영맨
- 딜러 (dilleo)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- 영맨 (yeongmaen)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- 상인 (sang'in)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- 딜러 (dilleo)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- 딜러 (dilleo)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Latin mangō
- mangōone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
Māori kaihokohoko, kaiwhiuwhiu
- kaihokohokoone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- kaiwhiuwhiuthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Norwegian Bokmål forhandler
- forhandlerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
Polish diler, dilerka
- dilerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dilerkaone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dealerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dealerkaone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- rozdającythe person who deals the cards in a card game
- rozdającathe person who deals the cards in a card game
Portuguese negociante, distribuidor
- negocianteone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- distribuidorthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Romanian dealer, vânzător
- dealerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- vânzătorone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dealera particular type of stock broker or trader
- dealerthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Russian ди́лер, торго́вец
- ди́лер (díler)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- торго́вец (torgóvec)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- ди́лер (díler)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- ма́клер (mákler)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- сдаю́щий (sdajúščij)the person who deals the cards in a card game
- раздаю́щий (razdajúščij)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Scottish Gaelic dèiligear
- dèiligearone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
Spanish concesionario, díler
- concesionarioone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dílerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- dealerone who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- repartidor de naipesthe person who deals the cards in a card game
Thai ผู้ค้า, ผู้ค้า
- ผู้ค้า (pûu-káa)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- ผู้ค้า (pûu-káa)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- เจ้ามือ (jâo-mʉʉ)the person who deals the cards in a card game
Ukrainian ди́лер, торго́вець
- ди́лер (dýler)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- торго́вець (torhóvecʹ)one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles
- ди́лер (dýler)a particular type of stock broker or trader
- ма́клер (mákler)a particular type of stock broker or trader
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APA
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