"comprador" meaning in English

See comprador in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/ (note: rhotic), /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/ (note: non-rhotic) Forms: compradors [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“to buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“to furnish”). In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|comprador||buyer}} Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), {{der|en|la-lat|comparator}} Late Latin comparator, {{der|en|la|comparō||to buy}} Latin comparō (“to buy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} comprador (plural compradors)
  1. An intermediary.
    Sense id: en-comprador-en-noun-MCgQHGxl
  2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser. Translations (native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser): 買辦 /买办 (mǎibàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kollaboraattori (Finnish), 買弁 (baiben) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-comprador-en-noun-TaEF0d6i Categories (other): English terms with collocations, People Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser': 1 95 4
  3. (nautical) A ship chandler in the Far East. Hypernyms: ship chandler, chandler, person
    Sense id: en-comprador-en-noun-en:ship_chandler_in_the_Far_East Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 19 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 1 1 1 6 38 45 2 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 8 42 42 1 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 13 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 14 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 8 88 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comprador bourgeoisie, compradorship

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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