a person who engages in trade; dealer; merchant a vessel regularly employed in foreign or coastal trade a member who operates mainly on his or her own account rather than for customers' accounts
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trad•er /ˈtreɪdɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Businessone who trades;
a merchant. - Nautical, Naval Termsa ship used in trade, esp. foreign trade.
trad•er
(trā′dər),USA pronunciation n.
trad ′er•ship′, n.
- a person who trades;
a merchant or businessperson. - a ship used in trade, esp. foreign trade.
- a member of a stock exchange trading privately and not on behalf of customers.
- trade + -er1 1575–85
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'trader' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Baranov
- Becknell
- Du Sable
- Duluth
- Fraser
- Hawkins
- La Salle
- Mackenzie
- Perrot
- banyan
- carry
- chandler
- chapman
- coaster
- comanchero
- day trading
- dealer
- derivative
- feme-sole trader
- floor broker
- floor trader
- free trader
- fur
- galleon
- galley
- greengrocer
- horse trader
- insider dealing
- intracutaneous test
- intradermal
- merchant
- middleman
- monger
- pioneer
- product liability
- rogue trader
- sales trader
- sole trader
- squeeze
- trade reference
- trading post