| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| comprador |
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| SYLLABICATION: | com·pra·dor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k m pr -dôr |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also com·pra·dore |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese, from Late Latin compar tor, buyer, from Latin comparre, to buy : com-, com- + parre, to get; see per-1 in Appendix I.
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