comprador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from comprar (“to buy”) + -dor (“(agent)”), from Latin comparō (“I buy”).

In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.[1]

Noun

comprador (plural compradors)

  1. An intermediary.
  2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
  3. (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.

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References

  1. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “Comprador”. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Portuguese

Etymology

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

Pronunciation

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

  1. buyer (person who makes purchases)
  2. customer

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

Adjective

comprador (feminine singular compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)

  1. buying

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

  1. buyer
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