Comprador Definition
kämprədôr
noun
An intermediary; a go-between.
American Heritage
In China, a native agent for a foreign business, who had charge over the native workers.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Comprador
Noun
Singular:
comprador
Plural:
compradorsOrigin of Comprador
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Portuguese from Late Latin comparātor buyer from Latin comparāre to buy com- com- parāre to get perə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from comprar (“to buy”) + -dor (“(agent)”), from Latin comparō (“I buy”).
From Wiktionary
In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.
From Wiktionary
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