distributer

1. 1.

   someone who markets merchandise

   Synonymsdistributor

   Broadersupplier

   Narrowerjobberretailership chandlerwool stapler
2. 2.

   electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

   Synonymsdistributorelectrical distributor

   Broaderelectrical device

   Part ofignition

   Partscapacitordistributor camdistributor capdistributor pointrotor

Other forms of distributer

plural

distributers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about distributer

What does distributer mean?

distributer means "someone who markets merchandise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distributer?

distributer has 4 syllables: di-stri-bu-ter. The stress falls on "stri".

What is another word for distributer?

Close synonyms include distributor, distributor, electrical distributor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is distributer a common word?

distributer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.