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arms dealers

arms dealers is the plural of arms dealer.

Meaning of arms dealer

Noun

arms dealer (plural arms dealers)

  1. A person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling.
  2. (broadly) A media company that licenses its works to various other companies rather than distributing them on its own.
    • There’s “tremendous upside,” he says, for an unaffiliated studio, as Disney and others rein in content production in-house. “That’s going to create real opportunities for companies like Sony and Paramount and others to be an arms dealer of content to anyone in the world.”2019 March 12, Elaine Low, “Inside Mike Hopkins’ Fiercely Independent Strategy for Sony Pictures Television”, in Variety

Questions about arms dealers

What is arms dealers the plural of?
Arms dealers is the plural of arms dealer.

Words near arms dealers in the dictionary

  1. arms and legs
  2. arms bearer
  3. arms bearers
  4. arms control
  5. arms dealer
  6. arms dealers
  7. arms factories
  8. arms factory
  9. arms kote
  10. arms kotes
  11. arms of flesh

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