trader

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: trad=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

trader, n. 

•  One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.  [1913 Webster]
•  A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trader, n.
1 a person engaged in trade.
2 a merchant ship.

THESAURUS

trader

broker, businessman, buyer, chandler, dealer, distributor, importer, jobber, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, middleman, monger, purchaser, regrater, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman, tradeswoman, trafficker, vendor, wholesaler

ROGET THESAURUS

trader

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.