dealer

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdiːlɝ/ UK /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #3301

Meanings

1

noun
A person or business that buys and sells a particular product.

We bought the car from a local dealer.
2

noun
A person who sells illegal drugs.

The police arrested a well-known drug dealer.
3

noun
The person who hands out the cards in a card game.

The dealer gave each player two cards.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or business that... salesman

2 noun · a person who sells illegal... peddler

Word family

Forms dealers

Derived forms aadaopabookdealerbroker-dealerdealerdomdealershipdouble-dealerdrug-dealerhorsedealerinterdealermegadealermisdealernewsdealer

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Phrases (1)

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art dealer
a person or business that buys and sells works of art

Noun + noun

Etymology

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.

delare Middle English dǣlere Old English

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# dealer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdiːlɝ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 3301

## Meanings
1. A person or business that buys and sells a particular product.
2. A person who sells illegal drugs.
3. The person who hands out the cards in a card game.

## Examples
- We bought the car from a local dealer.
- The police arrested a well-known drug dealer.
- The dealer gave each player two cards.

## Derived Forms
- aadaopa
- bookdealer
- broker-dealer
- dealerdom
- dealership
- double-dealer
- drug-dealer
- horsedealer
- interdealer
- megadealer
- misdealer
- newsdealer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: delare
- Root: dǣlere

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
dealer comes from Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic an uncertain form. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare. The historical chain includes Middle English delare, Old English dǣlere. Current senses include A person or business that buys and sells a particular product and A person who sells illegal drugs. English relatives and later formations include aadaopa, bookdealer, broker-dealer.

## Topics
- People & Society

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