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marketeer

American  
[mahr-ki-teer] / ˌmɑr kɪˈtɪər /

noun

marketeers plural
  1. a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.


marketeer 1 British  
/ ˌmɑːkɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a supporter of the European Union and of Britain's membership of it

  2. a marketer

"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

marketeer 2 British  
/ ˌmɑːkəˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person employed in marketing

"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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of marketeer

First recorded in 1825–35; market + -eer

Example Sentences

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“You are not as government interfering in the marketplace. You are counteracting the anti-competitive effects of a cartel. Even if you are a free marketeer, it is fair game to knock down anti-competitive, cartel-driven practices.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

Already Turkey has the makings of a bomb program: uranium deposits and research reactors — and mysterious ties to the nuclear world’s most famous black marketeer, Abdul Qadeer Khan of Pakistan.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2019

To follow the money within the Islamic State, Mr. Cohen must track the group’s oil sales from black marketeer to black marketeer until the cash finally ends up traceable in a bank or financial institution.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2014

Born in 1945 to a Jewish family outside of Paris, Modiano's father was a black marketeer who profited from the Nazi occupation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2014

As the now banned Holden Caulfield might say,:"You're not a real free marketeer, you're a phony."

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2014

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