com·pra·dor also com·pra·dore 
(kŏm′prə-dôr)
(kŏm′prə-dôr)n.
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.
[Portuguese, from Late Latin comparātor, buyer, from Latin comparāre, to buy : com-, com- + parāre, to get; see perə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]