megadealer en · NOUN
Etymology
From mega- + dealer.
Meanings
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A major, large-scale dealer.
Unlike today's megadealers with their constant poachings of high-profile artists whose careers were fostered by smaller galleries — and unlike today's collectors, whose feeding frenzy is driven by fashion and an eye for the auctions — Sonnabend was a kind of incubator, said the photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, who has shown with the gallery since the 1970s.
2009 February 26, Leslie Camhi, “The Seer”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| megadealers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |