horsetrader

See also: horse-trader and horse trader

English edit

horsetrader (plural horsetraders)

(literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
(figuratively, by extension) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
- 1937 February 22, “Judiciary: Visibility Poor”, in Time:
  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 Carolina.

a person who buys and sells horses