dealer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

dealer (plural dealers)

1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

   Synonyms: salesman, peddler

   That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!

2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.

   Synonym: peddler

   • 1967, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “The Stranger Song”, in Songs of Leonard Cohen:

     It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
     Who said they were through with dealing

3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
5. One who deals or metes out anything.

   • 2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90:

     Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]

• Leader, leader, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead

From English dealer. By surface analysis, dealen (“to deal drugs”) +‎ -er. Doublet of deler.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.lər/

dealer m (plural dealers, diminutive dealertje n)

1. dealer (seller of automobiles)

   Synonym: autodealer

2. (informal) drug dealer

   Synonyms: drugsdealer, nachtapotheker

< English dealer

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːler/, [ˈdiːle̞r]
• Rhymes: -iːler

dealer

1. Alternative form of diileri.

Borrowed from English deal, suffixed with -er.

• IPA^(key): /di.le/

dealer

1. (slang) to deal (drugs)

• dealeur

Borrowed from English dealer.

• dealeur

• IPA^(key): /di.lœʁ/

dealer m (plural dealers, feminine dealeuse)

1. (slang) drug dealer

• leader

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer, from Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere. Doublet of diler.

• IPA^(key): [d̪eˈalər]
• Hyphenation: dé‧a‧lêr

dealer (uncountable)

1. dealer:
   1. distributor

      Synonyms: agen, bandar, distributor, pemasok, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke, pengedar

   2. drug dealer

• “dealer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ilɛr
• Syllabification: dea‧ler

dealer m pers (female equivalent dealerka, related adjective dealerski)

1. Alternative spelling of diler

(nouns):

• dealer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dealer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• dealer in PWN's encyclopedia

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

dealer m (plural dealeri)

1. dealer

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdileɾ/ [ˈd̪i.leɾ]
• Rhymes: -ileɾ

dealer m (plural dealers)

1. dealer

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.