free trader
noun
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
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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
So we need people— I’m a free trader.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2015
His father was a Birmingham schoolmaster, a free trader, and more than half a republican.
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by James Parton
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
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, a self-described free-trader, also spoke skeptically, saying China’s responses to U.S. trade complaints had been “disappointing” and “unsatisfying.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2018
When it comes to trade, Pence is a solid and uncompromising "free-trader."
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
However, there was no help for it now—my lot was cast for life; and, in a fortnight's time, I was fairly shipped on board the Anne, a snug free-trader, bound to the East Indies.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
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