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Skillful vs Horsetrader - What's the difference?

skillful | horsetrader |

As an adjective skillful

is possessing skill.

As a noun horsetrader is

a person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.

skillful

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (Commonwealth English) skilful

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing skill.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * skill * skilled * skillfully

    horsetrader

    English

    Alternative forms

    * horse trader, horse-trader

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • * 1937 , " 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.

    Related terms

    * horsedealer, horsedealing * horsetrading