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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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
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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
“I’m a free trader; I’m a fair trader,” Barrasso said when pressed by Todd to respond to the threat.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2018
At a high-level summit promoting the project China’s President Xi Jinping on Sunday portrayed the country as a committed free trader and pledged more than $100 billion in new financing and assistance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2017
Cobden was offered, but declined, the presidency of the Board of Trade; and the post which he refused was conferred on a prominent free trader, who had associated himself with Cobden’s fortunes, Milner Gibson.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
Milei is a passionate free-trader, and Argentina is a member of the South American trading bloc Mercosur, which also includes Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
In the beginning, he also spoke and voted as one would expect a free-trader to do.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
Gary Cohn, the first chief of Trump’s economic council and an ardent free-trader, resigned after Trump unleashed the first wave of tariffs on March 8 against imported steel and aluminum.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2018
When it comes to trade, Pence is a solid and uncompromising "free-trader."
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
According to him, the man was undoubtedly one Captain Dirk Hatteraick, a smuggler or free-trader.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott
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