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comprador

Syllabification: (com·pra·dor)
Pronunciation: /ˌkämprəˈdôr/

(also compradore)
Definition of comprador

noun

  • a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation.

Origin:

early 17th century (denoting a local person employed in a European household in Southeast Asia or India to make small purchases and keep the household accounts): from Portuguese, 'buyer', from late Latin comparator, from Latin comparare 'to purchase', from com- 'with' + parare 'provide'

comprador in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of comprador in the British & World English dictionary