dealer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
    trader; bargainer; monger.
  2. noun a firm engaged in trading
  3. noun a seller of illicit goods
    • a dealer in stolen goods
  4. noun the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
    principal.
  5. noun the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

WordNet

Deal"er noun
Definitions
  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.
  2. One who distributes cards to the players.

Webster 1913