free trader
4
3.9
- noun
- /fri ˈtreɪdər/
:
libre comerciante
- I speak not only as a free trader, but as a libertarian.
You may be very much a free trader.
- You may be very much a free trader.
Examples
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Yet in Denmark, even trade unionists are passionate free traders.
Academic text (2008) -
On the one hand, the Danes are passionate free traders.
Academic text (2008) -
Not everybody is a free trader.
Academic text (1997) -
Churchill was a free trader to his dying day.
Academic text (2011) -
British free traders appealed to their moderate German counterparts in charge of economic affairs.
Academic text (2004) -
Rasmussen remains a good free trader.
Academic text (2008) -
By instinct, he is an internationalist and a free trader.
Academic text (1994) -
Free traders were eager to see Britain's allies receive financial support.
Academic text (2004) -
I'm a free trader, but the truth is that both parties are protectionist.
Blog text (26) -
As a strong advocate for economic growth, she identifies herself as a free trader who supports open markets.
Antonyms
- Literature
15
7.4
A person who wants to limit goods from other countries to help local businesses
How Supportive
64
4.2
4
3.9
282
4.1
817
1.0
- US
77
4.1
- Literature
15
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'free' (without restrictions) with 'trader' (someone engaged in trade), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a person who trades without barriers or who advocates such trade. This is a regular modifier+noun composition found across languages and is therefore predictable, despite a minor ambiguity between someone who practices unrestricted trading and someone who supports free-trade policy.
Etymology
The term free trader combines free (not limited) and trader (a person who buys and sells). Imagine a merchant in an open market with no gates or tax collectors and able to move goods anywhere, so a free trader is someone who supports trade 'without tariffs or other barriers'.