add. ·noun a machine for distributing type.
2. distributor ·add. ·noun one that distributes; a distributer;.
3. distributor ·add. ·noun an appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
4. distributor ·add. ·noun an apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.