dis·trib·u·tor / disˈtribyətər/ (abbr.: distr.) • n. 1. an agent who supplies goods to stores and other businesses that sell to consumers: a wholesale liquor distributor | the movie's distributor booked the film into theaters.2. a device in a gasoline engine for passing electric current to each spark plug in turn.

DISTRIBUTOR

A wholesaler; an individual, corporation, or partnership buying goods in bulk quantities from a manufacturer at a price close to the cost of manufacturing them and reselling them at a higher price to other dealers, or to various retailers, but not directly to the general public.