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dis⋅trib⋅u⋅tor

  [di-strib-yuh-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that distributes.
2. Commerce.
a. a person, firm, etc., engaged in the general distribution or marketing of some article or class of goods.
b. a wholesaler who has exclusive rights to market, within a given territory, the goods of a manufacturer or company.
3. Automotive, Machinery. a device in a multicylinder engine that distributes the igniting voltage to the spark plugs in a definite sequence.
4. Printing.
a. (in a press) one of the rollers for spreading ink on the table, rolling it to a proper consistency, and transferring it to rollers that ink the form or plate.
b. Also called distributor bar. (in a Linotype) a bar with keylike cuts along its length, for sorting matrices into their proper magazines after type has been cast.
Also, distributer.

Origin:
1520–30; < LL distribūtor. See distribute, -tor
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dis·trib·u·tor   (dĭ-strĭb'yə-tər)   
n.  

  1. One that distributes, especially a device that applies electric current in proper sequence to the spark plugs of an engine.

  2. One that markets or sells merchandise, especially a wholesaler.

dis·trib'u·tor·ship' n.
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