Meaning & use
dealer
A person or business that buys and sells a particular kind of goods.
See it in a sentence
We bought our used car from a trusted local dealer.
The antique dealer offered a fair price for the old clock.
A note on using this word
Dealer also refers to the person who distributes cards in a card game, or, in a negative sense, someone who illegally sells drugs.
Words with a similar meaning
tradermerchant
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The person responsible for distributing cards to players in a card game.
As the dealer, she shuffled the deck before handing out five cards each.
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