comprador

noun

variants or compradore
Definition of compradornext
as in middleman

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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 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
  1. middleman
  2. intermediary
  3. arbiter
  4. conciliator
  5. arbitrator
  6. liaison
  7. mediator
  8. manager
Noun
  • Private-credit and infrastructure managers act as the middlemen, turning projects like data centers into debt those institutions can hold.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But one of the deals in which Aikebaer, 60, acted as middleman — a plan to build a luxury apartment building in Pasadena — went south, according to Bo’s civil attorney, Michael Chen.
    — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of middleman
Noun
  • Oman, a frequent intermediary between Washington and Tehran, has found its balancing act suddenly precarious.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Independent Chinese refiners take in the bulk of it, often rebranded as Malaysian or Indonesian crude and settled through intermediaries outside the dollar system, according to Kpler.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of intermediary
Noun
  • Two of the arbiters accompanied Espada to the pitcher’s mound, where Brown handed Espada the baseball.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • For the next fifty years, insurance companies, not doctors, were the chief arbiters of corpulence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of arbiter
Noun
  • Newsom, who is a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, has been taking heavy criticism from within his own party over his efforts — in part through his new podcast — to cast himself in the role of conciliator.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 June 2025
Definition of conciliator
Noun
  • Cases are decided by baseball-style arbitration − a process in which the arbitrator must award either the amount proposed by the insurance plan or what the medical provider asks.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year’s killing of Charlie Kirk.
    — Corey Williams, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of arbitrator
Noun
  • El-Sayed’s Jewish liaison will likely have their work cut out for them.
    — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Farmington Public Schools says Hatty Ligon transitioned to her role as a district liaison supporting students experiencing homelessness in 2013.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of liaison
Noun
  • Qatar has been an important mediator in the US-Iran conflict.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The union said management has not agreed to musicians' proposal for a mediator.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of mediator
Noun
  • During a news conference Wednesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked if the Packers would need to add another running back in the event Jacobs faced charges and got suspended.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a discussion with third base umpire and crew chief Vic Carapazza in the third, when Misiorowski fell behind 2-0 on Francisco Alvarez following a walk to Morel.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of manager

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