‘One employed as a middleman to transact business or negotiate bargains between different merchants or individuals’ (McCulloch). Formerly used more…

A person who performs any duty, service, or function; a minister; an agent. Obsolete.

Business and Finance. An agent who buys and sells, or transacts other business, on behalf of another person or company, usually one based in a…

Perhaps: a commercial agent. Obsolete. rare.

= commission merchant n.

A native agent or factor, a clerk for native correspondence.