Distributor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distributor \Dis*trib"u*tor\, n. [L.]
     One that distributes; a distributer; specif.:
     (a) A machine for distributing type.
     (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for
         distributing ink.
     (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either


         to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or
         along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing
         system.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distributor
       n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: {distributer}]
       2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
          [syn: {allocator}]
       3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large
          distributor of software products"
       4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark
          plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing
          sequence [syn: {distributer}, {electrical distributor}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "distributor":
     agent, broker, chandler, connection, dealer, go-between, importer,
     intermediary, intermedium, jobber, liaison, link, marketer,
     mediary, mediator, medium, merchandiser, merchant, middleman,
     monger, regrater, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer,
     shopkeeper, storekeeper, tie, trader, tradesman, tradeswoman,
     trafficker, wholesaler