negotiant
negotiant noun: someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
Noun
negotiant (plural negotiants)
- Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
- Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect1658, Walter Raleigh, The Cabinet-Council
- A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.
- Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one...1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview Press, published 2002, page 75
Forms of negotiant
| plural | negotiants |
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Origin of negotiant
From French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”).
Questions about negotiant
- What does negotiant mean?
- Negotiant means someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
- What part of speech is negotiant?
- Negotiant is a noun.
- What is the plural of negotiant?
- The plural of negotiant is negotiants.
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