"arms dealer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arms dealers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arms dealer (plural arms dealers)
  1. A person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling. Related terms: arms race, merchant of death, warmonger Coordinate_terms: armsmaker Translations (Translations): wapenhandelaar [masculine] (Dutch), asekauppias (Finnish), trafiquant d’armes [masculine] (French), Waffenhändler [masculine] (German), armaiolo [masculine] (Italian), handlarz bronią [masculine] (Polish), vapenhandlare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-arms_dealer-en-noun-q9Yh3kGg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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