free trader
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a person who advocates free trade.
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free-tradernouna person who supports or advocates free trade
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free-trader
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a person who supports or advocates free trade
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archaic a smuggler or smuggling vessel
Etymology
Origin of free trader
First recorded in 1690–1700; free trade + -er 1
Example Sentences
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He recalled her as an energetic, well-briefed free trader.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022
He is also—contrary to Trump as well as some of his rivals in the upcoming primaries, notably Sen. Bernie Sanders—an unabashed free trader.
From Slate • May 2, 2019
“It’s caveated more than it used to be. It’s tougher to find somebody who would just go out unabashedly and say, ‘I’m a free trader.’
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2018
Mr. Gigot noted that “you said in the last debate you’re a 100% free trader but you just don’t like some of the deals that have been negotiated.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2015
But the Scottish writer will, I fear, be disagreeably surprised to hear, that I am, and always have been, an utterly fearless and unscrupulous free trader.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John
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