Definition: distributor

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

distributor
     n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributer]
     2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
        [syn: allocator]
     3: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark
        plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing
        sequence [syn: distributer, electrical distributor]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Distributor \Dis*trib"u*tor\, n. [L.]
   One that distributes; a distributer; specif.:
   (a) A machine for distributing type.
   (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for
       distributing ink.
   (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either
       to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or
       along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing
       system.