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distributer

distributer is the alternative form of distributor.

Meaning of distributor

Noun

distributor (plural distributors)

  1. One who or that which distributes.
    • “The importance of that decision means that the voices of upset consumers have been heard and that those responsible for harming the highly respected reputation of Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch are no longer able to do so,” the distributor said in its statement. […] Still, some distributors are...2023 April 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Bud Light sales are falling, but distributors say they’re sticking by the brand”, in CNN
  2. A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
    Synonyms:
    dizzy
  3. (historical) A machine for distributing type.
  4. (historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

Forms of distributer

pluraldistributers

Origin of distributer

From distribute + -er.

Questions about distributer

What is distributer the alternative form of?
Distributer is the alternative form of distributor.

Words near distributer in the dictionary

  1. distributed ray tracing
  2. distributedly
  3. distributedness
  4. distributee
  5. distributees
  6. distributer
  7. distributers
  8. distributes
  9. distributest
  10. distributeth
  11. distributing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distributer (page history and authors); distributor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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