dealer

Meaning

Noun

• One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
• A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
• A particular type of stock broker or trader.
• The person who deals the cards in a card game.
• One who deals or metes out anything.

Origin

• From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, equivalent to deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.