negotiant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
  2. A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.

Word forms

negotiant negotiants

Etymology

From French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”).

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