trader
/ˈtreɪdə
/noun
1A person who buys and sells goods, currency, or shares.Rogue traders who are selling fireworks to kids are likely to find themselves in hot water....
- Stock market traders fear that the violence may reach a level where it will disrupt world oil supplies.
- The story goes that Portuguese slave traders, watching Africans digging up some roots, asked what they were called.
Synonyms
dealer, merchant, buyer, seller, salesman, saleswoman, buyer and seller, marketeer, merchandiser, broker, agent;
businessman, businesswoman, business person, distributor, vendor, purveyor, supplier, trafficker;
shopkeeper, retailer, wholesaler;
British stockist
informal runner, pusher
dated pedlar, hawker
1.1A merchant ship.
