English noun: distributor |
1. | distributor (person) someone who markets merchandise |
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| Synonyms | distributer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | provider, supplier |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | jobber, middleman, retail merchant, retailer, ship chandler, wholesaler, wool stapler |
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2. | distributor (person) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion |
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| Synonyms | allocator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | authority |
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3. | distributor (group) a company that markets merchandise |
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| Samples | His company is a large distributor of software products.
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| Broader (hypernym) | company |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | direct mailer, retail chain |
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4. | distributor (artifact) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
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| Synonyms | distributer, electrical distributor |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electrical device |
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| Part holonym | breaker point, capacitance, capacitor, condenser, distributor cam, distributor cap, distributor point, electrical condenser, point, rotor |
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| Part meronym | ignition, ignition system |
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