free trader
free trader noun: a person in favor of free trade.
Noun
free trader (plural free traders)
- 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...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 of free trader
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Origin of free trader
From free trade + -er (“supporter”).
Questions about free trader
- What does free trader mean?
- Free trader means a person in favor of free trade.
- What part of speech is free trader?
- Free trader is a noun.
- What is the plural of free trader?
- The plural of free trader is free traders.
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