free trader

noun

: one that practices or advocates free trade

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These captains of commerce aren’t Reagan or even Bill Clinton-style free traders. Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024 Moore and Laffer are ardent free traders; as such, their views are well within the mainstream of modern economics. N. Gregory Mankiw, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018 The free traders fearful of rising imperialism were so right. John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Sure enough, Palen reports that the most powerful protectionist rhetoric in the U.S. came from an institution that most readers might assume would have sided with the free traders: the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for free trader 

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of free trader was in 1832

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“Free trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trader. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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