"horsetrader" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horsetraders [plural]
Etymology: horse + trader Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|trader}} horse + trader Head templates: {{en-noun}} horsetrader (plural horsetraders)
  1. (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner. Tags: literally Categories (topical): People Translations (a person who buys and sells horses): paardenhandelaar [masculine] (Dutch), hevoskauppias (Finnish), maquignon [masculine] (French), Pferdehändler [masculine] (German), џамбаз (džambaz) [masculine] (Macedonian), Pieetshendla [masculine] (Plautdietsch), koniarz [masculine] (Polish), hästhandlare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-horsetrader-en-noun-WwyzY3vb Disambiguation of People: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'a person who buys and sells horses': 90 10
  2. (figuratively, by extension) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-horsetrader-en-noun-p3~Bm-uX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: horse trader, horse-trader Related terms: horsedealer, horsedealing, horsetrading

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