newsdealer n someone who sells newspapers Usage(s) Until a newsdealer won a court suit several years ago, papers could not be delivered on Sunday. To sell more copies, fun-making Ballyhoo last week told newsdealers a story by and about a newsdealer. Any author, publisher, bookseller, newsdealer or even a citizen engaged in private conversation might be held guilty by an excited jury. Synonym(s) newsagent newsvendor newsstand operator