trader
/ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/US/ˈtɹeɪdɚ/
trader noun: one who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
Noun
trader (plural traders)
- One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
- On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29
Proper noun capitalized: Trader
Trader (plural Traders)
- A surname.
trader meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
trader in Hindi
- one who earns a living by trading
- व्यापारी vyāpārī, सौदागर saudāgar
trader in Tamil
- வணிகர்
trader in Marathi
- a trader
- व्यापारी vyāpārī
trader in Urdu
- one who earns a living by trading
- سَوداگَر saudāgar, تاجِر tājir
More languagesFewer languages
- trader in Bengali
- ব্যবসায়ী bêbśaẏi, সওদাগর śoōdagor
- trader in Telugu
- వర్తకుడు vartakuḍu
- trader in Malayalam
- കച്ചവടക്കാരൻ, വ്യാപാരി
- trader in Kannada
- ಮಾರಾಳಿ, ಹರದ, ಪರದ, ಕೋಮಟಿ
- trader in Punjabi
- ਵਣਜਾਰਾ vaṇjārā
- trader in Sanskrit
- वणिज vaṇija
- trader in Pashto
- سوداګر sawdāgár, تاجر tājér, وپاري wapãṛi
- trader in Arabic
- بَائِع bāʔiʕ, تَاجِر tājir, تَاجِرَة tājira
- trader in Malay
- pedagang, saudagar
- trader in Indonesian
- pedagang, saudagar
- trader in Thai
- พ่อค้า pɔ̂ɔ-káa, ผู้ค้า pûu-káa, ผู้ค้าขาย pûu-káa-kǎai, แม่ค้า mɛ̂ɛ-káa
- trader in Vietnamese
- thương thuyền, thương gia
- trader in Myanmar
- ကုန်သည် kunsany, ကုန်သည်ကြီး kunsanykri:
Examples of trader in a sentence
- Only by submitting to the aberration could the human traders travel safely through the territory of Zularn.
- The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.
- The market trader was fined for selling underweight bags of fruit.
Forms of trader
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | traders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Traders |
Origin of trader
From trade + -er.
Words formed from trader
Phrases with trader
Words that rhyme with trader
5 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about trader
- What does trader mean?
- Trader means one who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
- What is trader in Hindi?
- Trader in Hindi is व्यापारी (vyāpārī), सौदागर (saudāgar). See Trader meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trader?
- Trader can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce trader?
- Trader is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trader?
- The plural of trader is traders.
Words near trader in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trader (page history and authors); Trader (page history and authors); trader (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्यापारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); trader (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trader (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵਣਜਾਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); वणिज (Sanskrit) (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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