distributer

US: (di strib′yə tər)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•trib•ut•er  (di strib′yə tər), n. 

1. distributor.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•trib•u•tor /dɪˈstrɪbyətɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that distributes.
2. Business a firm or company that markets a line of merchandise generally or within a given territory:
   the beer distributor for the county.
3. Automotive, Mechanical Engineering a device in an engine that distributes the electricity to the spark plugs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•trib•u•tor  (di strib′yə tər), n. 

1. a person or thing that distributes.
2. Business [Com.]
   • a person, firm, etc., engaged in the general distribution or marketing of some article or class of goods.
   • a wholesaler who has exclusive rights to market, within a given territory, the goods of a manufacturer or company.
3. Automotive, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering a device in a multicylinder engine that distributes the igniting voltage to the spark plugs in a definite sequence.
4. [Print.]
   • Printing (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.
   • Printing Also called distrib′utor 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. 

• Late Latin distribūtor. See distribute, -tor
• 1520–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

distributor, distributer / dɪˈstrɪbjʊtə/ noun

1. a person or thing that distributes
2. a wholesaler or middleman engaged in the distribution of a category of goods, esp to retailers in a specific area
3. the device in a petrol engine that distributes the high-tension voltage to the sparking plugs in the sequence of the firing order