Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negotiant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-go-tiant
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.

Archaic

noun

A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect"
"Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one loaf."

Etymology

From French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: négociant, negōtior

Usage

Inflected Forms

negotiants (plural)

Synonyms

negotiator treater

Questions

What does negotiant mean?: Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.
Where does negotiant come from?: It is traced to French.

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