dealer n
   1 1984 PITT 16 Most of the outports had a merchant or 'dealer,' the larger ones several. He was usually a general provisioner who was often also the chief fish entrepreneur for the community, supplying the fisherman and his family on credit, the debt to be paid in the currency of the product when it was harvested.
   2 1986 SIDER 58 For the most part, except for his own employees, the merchant referred to all these people as his 'dealers,' that is, the people with whom he dealt.

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