Meaning of Negotiant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
   archaic, historical
2. A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean⟳ fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use⟳ great respect⟳”

“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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