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com⋅pra⋅dor

  [kom-pruh-dawr]
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–noun
(formerly in China) a native agent or factotum, as of a foreign business house.
Also, com⋅pra⋅dore.

Origin:
1605–15; < Pg: buyer < L comparātor, equiv. to comparā(re) to furnish, provide, prepare (see com-, prepare ) + -tor -tor
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com·pra·dor also com·pra·dore   (kŏm'prə-dôr')   
n.  

  1. An intermediary; a go-between.

  2. A native-born agent in China and certain other Asian countries formerly employed by a foreign business to serve as a collaborator or intermediary in commercial transactions.


[Portuguese, from Late Latin comparātor, buyer, from Latin comparāre, to buy : com-, com- + parāre, to get; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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