The phrase "dope dealer" refers to a person who sells illegal drugs, specifically referring to drugs like marijuana, cocaine, or heroin. Full definition
Seth Rogen is a wise - cracking process server and James Franco is his friendly neighborhood dope dealer, a sweet, stupid, emotionally ebullient guy with the innocence of child (albeit one who is baked to the gills), amiable stoners who witness a cop killing and flee a murderous drug lord (Gary Cole, perfect as always) and his hired assassins. (seanax.com)
He got back home and spent a year cutting chops in Boston and another browbeating protection money out of dope dealers in Vegas. (bookpage.com)
After his best friend, Joon (Leonardo Nam), a small - time dope dealer, is murdered during a shakedown by gangsters, Sam Kim (Sung Kang) leaves the United States and spends a year in Singapore, trying to sort out his emotions. (rottentomatoes.com)