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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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
Example Sentences
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That’s what the free trader in my head told me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
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
Corchado, a budding free trader, is optimistic that American democracy and rule of law will boost both countries.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2018
So we need people— I’m a free trader.
From Time • Jun. 16, 2015
The ordinary business of the department soon fell into my hands to transact with the secretaries, one of them Macgregor, a loose-minded free trader, and the other Lefevre, a clear and scientific one.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
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