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.

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