Noun dealer has 5 senses
  1. trader, bargainer, dealer, monger - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
    --1 is a kind of merchant, merchandiser
    --1 has particulars:
     art dealer; barterer; bibliopole, bibliopolist; cheesemonger; costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy; cutler; draper; fence; fishmonger, fishwife; horse trader; ironmonger, hardwareman; mercer; seedsman, seedman; slopseller, slop-seller; stamp dealer; stock trader
    Derived form: verb deal6
  2. dealer - a firm engaged in trading
    --2 is a kind of
    firm, house, business firm
    --2 has particulars:
     car dealer; computer dealer; jewelry dealer, jewelry store; truck dealer
    Derived forms: verb deal13, verb deal6
  3. dealer - a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"
    --3 is a kind of
    seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker
    --3 has particulars:
     pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
    Derived form: verb deal13
  4. principal, dealer - the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
    --4 is a kind of financier, moneyman
    --4 has particulars: broker-dealer
    Derived form: verb deal6
  5. dealer - the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
    --5 is a kind of
    card player
    Derived forms: verb deal12, verb deal9
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