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negotiator|nɪˈgəʊʃɪeɪtə(r)|
Also 6–8 negoci-.
[a. L. negōtiātor, agent-n. f. negōtiāre to negotiate. Cf. F. négociateur (14th c., Oresme).]
†1. A trader, a business man. Obs.
1598Florio, Facendiere,..a dealer in business affaires, a negociator, an agent, a dealer. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. xii. lxx. 294 Yeat still to gratefull eares may those Negotiators sound. 1623Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. iii. v. 209 Those great Dealers and Negociators of Genoa.
2. One who carries on negotiations.
1610in Birch Crt. & Times Jas. I (1848) I. 120 The same diligence may be expected of a new negociator. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 149 That Bruce is a negotiator in Spaine with the King, and in the Low Countreys with the Duke of Parme. 1702Eng. Theophrastus 132 The dislike we commonly have of negotiators (or arbitrators) arises from their being generally apt to sacrifice all the interest of their friends. 1742Blair Grave 497 Here lie abash'd The great negotiators of the earth. 1791Mackintosh Vind. Gallicæ Wks. 1846 III. 62 The lawyers of Boston, and the planters of Virginia, were transformed into ministers and negociators. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 254 Negotiator and courtier as he was, he never learned the art of..concealing his emotions. 1884Courthope Addison viii. 146 The alleged sacrifice of British interests through the incompetence or corruption of the negotiators.
fig.1654Whitlock Zootomia 319 Hee of any deserveth it, among the Negociatours for Destruction.
3. One who negotiates bills, loans, etc.
1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 55 The Redrawer or the Negotiator of a Bill, does not make a new Bill, but endorseth the old. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 16 There are other persons occasionally concerned in a Bill of Exchange, such as the Seller or Negotiator. 1861M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 42 The Germans began to supplant the Jews and Lombards as negotiators of loans to the Crown. |