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comprador

Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː/
(also compradore)
Definition of comprador

noun

  • a person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation: the communist movement identified the new ruling class as bourgeois compradors allied with imperialists

Origin:

early 17th century (denoting a local person employed in a European household in SE 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'

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