free trader

American

Or free-trader

noun

a person who advocates free trade.

free-trader British

noun

a person who supports or advocates free trade
archaic a smuggler or smuggling vessel

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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

“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

Mr. Kudlow is a free trader, and it would be useful to have at least one inside the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2016

High protectionist and free trader alike fall under the indictment--for a tariff wall is neither so high as heaven nor so broad as the earth.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

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