comprador
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from comprar (“to buy”) + -dor (“(agent)”), from Latin comparō (“I buy”).
In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.[1]
NounEdit
comprador (plural compradors)
- An intermediary.
- A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
- (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
intermediary — see intermediary
native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “Comprador”. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.
PronunciationEdit
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.pɾa.ˈdoɻ/
NounEdit
comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)
SynonymsEdit
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.
AdjectiveEdit
comprador (feminine singular compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)
NounEdit
comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)