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bargainer|ˈbɑːgɪnə(r)|
[f. bargain v. + -er1.]
1. One who is treating as to sale or purchase, a dealer, a trafficker; a chafferer, a haggler.
c1460Towneley Myst. 313 Of thise kyrkchaterars here ar a menee, Of barganars and okerars and lufars of symonee. 1552Huloet, Bargayner, or bargayne maker. 1632Sherwood, A bargainer, barguignard. 1658in Burton Diary (1828) III. 221 It would come better from another House, than from us, that are bargainers for the people. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xvii, The sight of the comfortable old house..ransacked by brokers and bargainers. 1857S. Winkworth Tauler's Life 123 Knowing how full the world is of such bargainers with God, among monks and nuns.
†2. = bargainor. Obs.
1628Coke On Litt. 218 a, The state is not reuested in the Bargainer before a re-entry.
†3. (Sc.) A quarreller, wrangler, bully. Obs.
c1500Dunbar Dance 34 Bostaris, braggaris, and barganeris..All bodin in feir of weir. |