Associations to the word «Comprador»

Wiktionary

COMPRADOR, noun. An intermediary.
COMPRADOR, noun. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
COMPRADOR, noun. (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.
COMPRADOR BOURGEOISIE, noun. (Marxism) A section of an indigenous middle class allied with foreign investors, multi-national corporations, bankers, and military interests.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.