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marketeer

American  
[mahr-ki-teer] / ˌmɑr kɪˈtɪər /

noun

marketeers plural
  1. a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.


marketeer 1 British  
/ ˌmɑːkɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a supporter of the European Union and of Britain's membership of it

  2. a marketer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

marketeer 2 British  
/ ˌmɑːkəˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person employed in marketing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of marketeer

First recorded in 1825–35; market + -eer

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But he had plenty of good to say about the villainous, “picture-making performance” of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the extremely dangerous black marketeer Owen Davian.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2023

“You are not as government interfering in the marketplace. You are counteracting the anti-competitive effects of a cartel. Even if you are a free marketeer, it is fair game to knock down anti-competitive, cartel-driven practices.”

From Washington Post Jul. 16, 2022

Already Turkey has the makings of a bomb program: uranium deposits and research reactors — and mysterious ties to the nuclear world’s most famous black marketeer, Abdul Qadeer Khan of Pakistan.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2019

Senior marketeer Hilary Bradley told Campaign magazine last autumn that millennials in particular needed “memorable experiences” to help them “emotionally connect” to a product.

From The Guardian Aug. 11, 2019

Her father was a con man, black marketeer and philanderer who deserted the family temporarily when Jenny was 6 — leading her mother to suffer a mental breakdown — and permanently when she was 11.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2016

The government says authorities have carried out raids and taken action against hoarders and black marketeers who are exploiting shortages to price gouge.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

The website opens up with a dark blue page - a colour that brand marketeers like to associate with trust and quality, not to mention royalty.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2024

Or perhaps some talented marketeers are driving a shift in narrative.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2023

Military and security sources said that the army had seized a fuel storage tank hidden by black marketeers and was handing out gasoline to residents when the explosion occured.

From Reuters Aug. 15, 2021

That’ll be a blow to the black marketeers and others like them, but even more to people in hiding and anyone else with money that can’t be accounted for.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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