Definitions for comprador

comprador com·pra·dor

Spelling: [kom-pruh-dawr]
IPA: /ˌkɒm prəˈdɔr/

Comprador is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in comprador (acdmooprr).

Definitions for comprador

noun

  1. (formerly in China) a native agent or factotum, as of a foreign business house.

Origin of comprador

1605-15; Portuguese: buyer Latin comparātor, equivalent to comparā(re) to furnish, provide, prepare (see com-, prepare) + -tor Examples for comprador

As a matter of fact, the comprador generally grew rich at the expense of his employer.

At the head of the whole household is the comprador, who is a kind of major-domo.

She was not long out from England, and a comprador order was as yet an unnatural phenomenon to her.

The comprador provides stores, and all the necessary provisions for the ship, while she remains in port.

The comprador sent word aboard at four bells, he couldnt hold his sampan men much longer.

Word Value for comprador
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