free trader

noun

: one that practices or advocates free trade

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But free traders need to understand that, to the extent the tariffs are ... Joseph Palange, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025 Was Lutnick more in the camp of a free trader like Milton Friedman or a protectionist like Donald Trump? Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Populists who preferred a street fighter to a statesman; a domestic industrialist to a free trader; a quasi-isolationist to an internationalist. David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025 Where deep disagreement does exist is primarily within the Republican Party itself, where free traders are increasingly sidelined. Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trader

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First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

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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 30 Apr. 2025.

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