"stockist" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From stock + -ist.",
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          "text": "I need a replacement cartridge but I can't find a stockist.",
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          "text": "But of all the tunes, the one she loved the most, and almost managed to capture in its entirety, was a song she had seen performed live back in the late 1970s, when she had first travelled to Britain with the hope of finding stockists for her clothing.",
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        "A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale."
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        "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale."
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