comprador noun. [kɒmprǝ'dɔ:] Also compradore. E17.
[Portuguese = buyer, from late Latin comparator, from comparare purchase, formed as COM- + parare furnish.]
1. A house-steward in the European households of SE Asia, the Indian subcontinent, etc. E17-E19.

2. The Chinese chief agent of a foreign business-house in China; fig. an agent of a foreign power. M19.

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