Definition of "horsetrader" [horsetrader]

• A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner. (noun)
• One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind. (noun)

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• "He was a better campaigner, communicator and horsetrader than anybody in a long, long time."
• "After an early career as a Kentucky horsetrader (in more senses than one), Sanders then advanced to leading light of the free-trade-and-invade-Mexico “Young America” movement (it got nowhere)."
• "His name was Jonas Alderson, and be looked sufficiently like a horsetrader to be one."