Dealer Meaning
/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
nounA drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
Sentence Examples
We have come to an arrangement with the dealer about the price.
The dealer wants to sell a car.
The police suspected that Tom was a drug dealer.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The car ____ offered a discount on the new model yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We have come to an arrangement with the ____ about the price.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
Who said they were through with dealing"
— 1967, Leonard Cohen, “The Stranger Song”, in Songs of Leonard Cohen:
"Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]"
— 2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The car ____ offered a discount on the new model yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We have come to an arrangement with the ____ about the price.