distributor > define

noun

• Someone who markets merchandise.
  • synonyms: distributer
• A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion.
  • synonyms: allocator
• A company that markets merchandise.
  • usage: "his company is a large distributor of software products"
• Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence.
  • synonyms: distributer, electrical distributor

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A machine for distributing type.
• (n.) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
• (n.) One that distributes; a distributer;.