marketeer

American  

[mahr-ki-teer] / ˌmɑr kɪˈtɪər /

noun

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

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marketeer ¹ British  

/ ˌmɑːkɪˈtɪə /

noun

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

2. a marketer

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marketeer ² British  

/ ˌmɑːkəˈtɪə /

noun

1. a person employed in marketing

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Etymology

Origin of marketeer

First recorded in 1825–35; market + -eer

Example Sentences

“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

Her father was a con man, black marketeer and philanderer who deserted the family temporarily when Jenny was 6 — leading her mother to suffer a mental breakdown — and permanently when she was 11.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2016

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