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distributour

distributour is the obsolete 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 distributour

pluraldistributours

Questions about distributour

What is distributour the obsolete form of?
Distributour is the obsolete form of distributor.

Words near distributour in the dictionary

  1. distributor roads
  2. distributorless
  3. distributors
  4. distributorship
  5. distributorships
  6. distributour
  7. distributours
  8. distributress
  9. distributresses
  10. district
  11. District 1

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distributour (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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