comprador

variants or compradore

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Recent Examples of comprador Running from March 28 to April 4, the event opened during Shanghai Fashion Week at the former residence of the comprador He Dong. Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 His grandfather was a comprador, or business intermediary, for Jardine Matheson, the British trading house, in its dealings between China and colonial Hong Kong. Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020 His father, a comprador for Sassoon, another powerful British trading house, went broke during the 1930s and moved to Southeast Asia, leaving his family behind in poverty. Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020 His great uncle was Sir Robert Hotung, the rich Eurasian comprador, who was the first Chinese man to live on Hong Kong's Peak, a wealthy district where only Westerners had been allowed to reside. Paul French, CNN, 30 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprador
Noun
  • But so have the forces pushing patients toward compounding in the first place: brand drugs priced out of reach, limited insurance coverage, and middlemen who distort access.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • According to Marcus, Phaedra used a middleman to pay him off with an envelope of cash, which sounds dramatic but, contrary to what Brit said, an anonymous paper trail is probably harder to track these days than using anything electronic.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Adding China as an intermediary during negotiations, however, might sway the outcome of current and ongoing diplomatic discussions.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, an intermediary for the Real Estate Board of New York contributed $3,100 on the group’s behalf through several donors.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Republicans suffered a series of setbacks after several proposals were determined to be out of compliance by the chief arbiter of the Senate’s rules.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
  • The uncomfortable truth is that economics, not ethics, will be the final arbiter of the transition's speed, even if ethics gets to set the goal.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • An arbitrator ruled last May that he should be reinstated without back pay.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • Lemieux, who scored 13 goals, including some huge ones in that ’95 playoff run, tried to void his contract with the Devils, but an arbitrator ruled with the club.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • She was also tapped as a liaison with the federal monitor tracking violence and use of force in the jails.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
  • In the era of Babygirl and a flurry of other age-gap romance movies centering midlife women and younger men, Pretty Thing spins the trope on its head, exploring the dark side of these liaisons.
    Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Negotiations to secure a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seem to have hit an impasse amid hopes from top mediators, including President Donald Trump’s Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, that a deal can be reached soon.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • And that then triggers these cells, called the mast cells, to release all these inflammatory mediators, like histamine and other kinds of mediators, like nutrients, which can have profound effects.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The Eero Plus subscription is expensive ($10 per month or $100 per year) but includes comprehensive parental controls, advanced security, ad blocking, and even a password manager and VPN service.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 July 2025
  • Instead of trying to memorize dozens of complex passwords, a password manager securely stores them for you and automatically fills them in when needed.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • To do so, Saudi Arabia must go from passive beneficiary to active peacemaker.
    Karen Elliott House, Time, 10 July 2025
  • Ukraine suggested Putin has no intention to listen to peacemakers in the war.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 July 2025

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“Comprador.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprador. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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