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comprador

/kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/
/kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/

Where it comes from

From Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“to buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“to furnish”).

In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.

noun compradors

An intermediary.
A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser. the comprador class
A ship chandler in the Far East.

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noun native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser

日本語	買弁 baiben
中文	買辦 /买办 mǎibàn

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"comprador." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/comprador. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{comprador_2026,
  title = {comprador},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comprador},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}