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negotiant
noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + NEGOTIANT
dine
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect
2
A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.
Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one loaf.
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Synonyms
noun — someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reac
- negotiator
- treater
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect
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Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a ser
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