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negotiants

negotiants is the plural of negotiant.

Meaning of negotiant

Noun

negotiant (plural negotiants)

  1. (archaic, historical) 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
  2. (obsolete) 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

Questions about negotiants

What is negotiants the plural of?
Negotiants is the plural of negotiant.

Words near negotiants in the dictionary

  1. negotiable instruments
  2. negotiableness
  3. negotiables
  4. negotiably
  5. negotiant
  6. negotiants
  7. negotiate
  8. negotiated
  9. negotiates
  10. negotiating
  11. negotiating table

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