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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent..
Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect
Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one loaf.
Use negotiant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Negotiant means (now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent..
Common synonyms include negotiator.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect
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