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free trader

American  
Or free-trader

noun

  1. a person who advocates free trade.


free-trader British  

noun

  1. a person who supports or advocates free trade

  2. archaic a smuggler or smuggling vessel

"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

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

For the first time the American manufacturer became a free trader.

From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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

By this time Monte-Christo and most of his guests had departed, and I knew no one to whom I could consign the unfortunate and terrified free-trader.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various

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