English Dictionary

negotiant

noun

(now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent. / (obsolete) A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.

He worked as a negotiant in the 19th century.

意味（1）

(now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.

Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect

意味（2）

(obsolete) A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.

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.