'Dealer' definitions:
Definition of 'dealer'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger]
noun
A firm engaged in trading
noun
A seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"
noun
The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn: principal, dealer]
noun
The person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
Definition of 'Dealer'
From: GCIDE
- Dealer \Deal"er\, n.
- 1. One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who distributes cards to the players. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dealer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- black marketeer,
- bond crowd,
- bootlegger,
- broker,
- businessman,
- businesswoman,
- chandler,
- curb broker,
- distributor,
- drug pusher,
- floor broker,
- floor trader,
- floorman,
- gray marketeer,
- importer,
- jobber,
- Mafioso,
- marketer,
- merchandiser,
- merchant,
- middleman,
- monger,
- moonshiner,
- odd-lot dealer,
- pit man,
- pusher,
- racketeer,
- registered representative,
- regrater,
- retail dealer,
- retail merchant,
- retailer,
- salesman,
- sharebroker,
- shopkeeper,
- specialist,
- stock dealer,
- stock-exchange broker,
- stockbroker,
- stockjobber,
- storekeeper,
- supplier,
- trader,
- tradesman,
- tradeswoman,
- trafficker,
- two-dollar broker,
- vendor,
- Wall Streeter,
- wholesaler
Words containing 'Dealer'
- Double dealer,
- General dealer,
- Junk dealer,
- Plain dealer,
- art dealer,
- car dealer,
- computer dealer,
- drug dealer,
- jewelry dealer,
- money dealer,
- new dealer,
- slave dealer,
- stamp dealer,
- truck dealer,
- wheeler dealer,
- broker-dealer,
- double-dealer,
- national association of securities dealers automated quotations