dealer

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.

1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

   “That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!”

2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.

   “It's true that all the men you knew were dealers Who said they were through with dealing”

3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
5. One who deals or metes out anything.

   “Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption […]”