chafferern.
/ˈtʃafərə/ One who chaffers; a dealer, bargainer.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > bargainer or haggler
chafferera1382
bargainera1500
dodger1568
trucker1598
haggler1602
dickerer1872
badgerer1876
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxvi. 28 Hard is delyuered the chaffarere [a1425 L.V. marchaunt] fro his necgligence.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chafferer of wares, negotiator.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 8 Bribing and simoniacal chafferers, have climbed up the highest rounds of Ciuil and Ecclesiastical preferments.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 258 The tongue..learned of nurses and chafferers in the market.
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