as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Markets were volatile on Monday and ultimately closed lower as traders failed to find solid footing ahead of this week’s news.
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
For a time, Pickford considered the Oriflamme, a French trader that disappeared while crossing the Atlantic in 1691, on its way back from Siam.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
On Monday, Brazilian Police announced the indictment of a Columbian fish trader as the mastermind behind the 2022 killings that took place in the .
—Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Abolitionists made good use of the provision to harry slave traders.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
For a time, Pickford considered the Oriflamme, a French trader that disappeared while crossing the Atlantic in 1691, on its way back from Siam.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
On Monday, Brazilian Police announced the indictment of a Columbian fish trader as the mastermind behind the 2022 killings that took place in the .
—Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Abolitionists made good use of the provision to harry slave traders.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trader. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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