n. a person or company that sells goods wholesale is a middleman that buys its merchandise from a third party supplier and resells the merchandise to retail businesses or the end consumer. A wholesaler normally does not sell to other wholesalers.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who sells by wholesale; a wholesale merchant.
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n. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
Word Usage
"KHATUN (through translator): I call the wholesaler that sends supplies for the store my husband and I own."