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noun
Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
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noun
A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: negotiator, treater
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Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor, bargainer, compromiser, holdout, negotiatress, negotiatrix, representative, settler
History
From French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”).
