Horsedealer vs Horsetrader - What's the difference?
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(literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
(figuratively, by extension) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
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Horsetrader is a related term of horsedealer.
As nouns the difference between horsedealer and horsetrader
is that horsedealer is a dealer in horses while horsetrader is a person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.horsetrader
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Alternative forms
* horse trader, horse-traderNoun
(en noun)Judiciary: Visibility Poor," Time , 22 Feb.:
- The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader ; and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina.