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comprador

or com·pra·dore

[ kom-pruh-dawr ]

noun

  1. (formerly in China) a local agent or factotum, as of a foreign business house.


comprador

/ ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː /

noun

  1. (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of comprador1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Portuguese: literally, “buyer” from Latin comparātor, equivalent to comparā(re) “to furnish, provide, prepare” ( com-, prepare ) + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comprador1

C17: from Portuguese: buyer, from Late Latin comparātor, from Latin comparāre to purchase, from parāre to prepare
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Example Sentences

She was not long out from England, and a comprador order was as yet an unnatural phenomenon to her.

The comprador provides stores, and all the necessary provisions for the ship, while she remains in port.

In the afternoon, Captain Gillespie came off to the ship again, with a gang of coolies under a native comprador.

The comprador sent word aboard at four bells, he couldnt hold his sampan men much longer.

At the head of the whole household is the comprador, who is a kind of major-domo.

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