free trader en · NOUN
Etymology
From free trade + -er (“supporter”).
Meanings
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A person in favor of free trade.
All the street-sellers in question are what street estimation pronounces to be educated men; they can all, as far as I could ascertain, read and write, and some of them were “keenish politicians, both free-traders, and against free-trade when they was a-talking of the better days when they was young.”
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:I was talking to Herbert early this morning as he cleaned the boots. He is a very bigoted Free Trader, sir, and is thinking of becoming a Mormon, and I was speaking to him about it.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| free traders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
фритре́дер · фрытрэ́дэр · фритре́дер
Relateds
Translations (9)
fi vapaakaupan kannattaja (Translations) · be фрытрэ́дар (Translations) · ru фритре́дер (Translations) · pl zwolennik wolnego handlu (Translations) · fr libre-échangiste (Translations) · nl vrijhandelaar (Translations) · uk фритре́дер (Translations) · be фрытрэ́дэр (Translations) · fi vapaakauppalainen (Translations)