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单词 horse-trader
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horse-tradern.

Brit. /ˈhɔːstreɪdə/, U.S. /ˈhɔrsˌtreɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., trader n.
Etymology: < horse n. + trader n. Compare earlier horse-dealer n. at horse n. Compounds 1f(a). Compare also earlier horse trade n. and later horse-trade v.In sense 2 after horse n. 15.
1. Originally North American.
a. A person who buys and sells horses, esp. commercially; a person involved in the horse trade.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses
romonger1222
horse-mongera1400
cosser14..
corser?c1430
horse-corser1552
jockey1640
horse-coper1681
horse-jockey1744
horse-dealer1761
macquignon1798
horse-trader1811
coper1825
horse-cadger1886
1811 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 20 Dec. Clements said he lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Davis [lived] in the Western Country and had been both horse traders.
1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah vii. 109 The unfair horsetrader might have taken my scalp.
1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 3 The swapping ring below the wagonyard was..clamorous with the chaffer of the horse-traders.
2021 i (Nexis) 9 Aug. 20 He got his love of horses from those pulling his grandfather's milk float in Huddersfield, before leaving school at 16 to become a horse trader.
b. A person who is an effective and shrewd negotiator. Cf. horse-trading n. 2.Chiefly in political contexts, and often with the implication of unfair or underhand practices or behaviour.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > one who negotiates
treater1489
entreater1523
conditioner1598
haggler1602
negotiant1602
negotiator1609
negotiatrix1624
horse-trader1901
1901 Ann. Publ. Hist. Soc. S. Calif. 5 129 One of the first to come here, I think, was Parson Adam Bland, who had the reputation of being a smart preacher and a shrewd horse-trader.
1929 New Yorker 6 Apr. 38/1 It could now be guessed that he was no fool about books. Everywhere there was a disposition to compliment him on his shrewdness as a horsetrader.
1933 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 1/3 By his share in the Washington negotiations,..he showed that shrewd ‘horse-trader’ the Foreign Commissar that he could not be bluffed or budged on questions of principle.
1980 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Jan. This potbellied, crewcut ex-Marine has developed a league-wide reputation as a slick country horse trader, having arranged the deals in the last two seasons.
2009 Salon.com (Nexis) 1 Oct. Clinton was the consummate horse-trader.
2. slang. A heroin dealer. Cf. horse n. 15. rare.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in narcotics
score1951
horse-trader1963
street people1969
1963 T. Tullett Inside Interpol iv. 44 There is another process..that of turning the morphine into heroin, and the price then soars to £600 a pound. Even this gigantic profit is not enough for the ‘horse-traders’, as these criminals are known.
1972 H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery ii. 67 And how many horse-traders are there in this part of the world?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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