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horse trader

horse trader is the alternative spelling of horsetrader.

Meaning of horsetrader

Noun

horsetrader (plural horsetraders)

  1. (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
    • The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader; and James F. Byrnes of South...1937 February 22, “Judiciary: Visibility Poor”, in Time

Forms of horse trader

pluralhorse traders

Questions about horse trader

What is horse trader the alternative spelling of?
Horse trader is the alternative spelling of horsetrader.

Words near horse trader in the dictionary

  1. horse thieves
  2. horse tornado
  3. horse tornadoes
  4. horse tornados
  5. horse trade
  6. horse trader
  7. horse traders
  8. horse trading
  9. horse trailer
  10. horse trailers
  11. horse tranquilizer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horse trader (page history and authors); horsetrader (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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