COMPRADORS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Comprador

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

early 17th century (denoting a local person employed in a European household in SE Asia or India to make small purchases and keep the household accounts): from Portuguese, ‘buyer’, from late Latin comparator, from Latin comparare ‘to purchase’, from com- ‘with’ + parare ‘provide’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation

Short Definition:

person who acts as agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment

Examples:
  • successful compradors made vast fortunes
Variant Forms:
  • compradore

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