free trader

noun

: one that practices or advocates free trade

Examples of free trader in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The free-trade agenda sought to deregulate the labor market and prioritize market efficiency, strengthening the hands of employers and severely weakening union and social movements, as anti-free traders had predicted. —Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025

Despite his legacy as a free trader, U.S. President Ronald Reagan sought to stem the tide of American deindustrialization with 100 percent tariffs on certain Japanese products and import quotas to protect American industry. —Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Modern-day protectionists have seized on it to cast Reagan as something less than a free trader, and fans of the current president have used these sentiments to link The Gipper to The Donald. —Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

But free traders need to understand that, to the extent the tariffs are ... —Joseph Palange, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free trader

• crusader
• invader
• persuader
• aider
• fader
• grader
• kadir
• nadir
• prader
• raider
• schrader
• seder