1.  distributor(n = noun.person) distributer - someone who markets merchandise; Array
is a kind of provider, supplier
has particulars: jobber, middleman, wholesaler, retail merchant, retailer, ship chandler, wool stapler
Derived form verb distribute₃

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

3.  distributor(n = noun.group) Array - a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products"
is a kind of company
has particulars: direct mailer, retail chain

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; Array
is a kind of electrical device
is a part of ignition, ignition system
has parts: capacitance, capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser, distributor cam, distributor cap, breaker point, distributor point, point, rotor

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.

distributor cam, distributor cap, distributor housing, distributor point, electrical distributor