1.  distributor(n = noun.person) distributer - someone who markets merchandise;
Derived form verb distribute₃

2.  distributor(n = noun.person) allocator - a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion;
Derived form verb distribute₁

3.  distributor(n = noun.group) - a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products"

4.  distributor(n = noun.artifact) distributer, electrical distributor - electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence;

distributor, n.
1 a person or thing that distributes.
2 an agent who supplies goods.
3 Electr. a device in an internal-combustion engine for passing current to each spark-plug in turn.