Jump to content

horsetrader

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From horsetrader.

Noun

[edit]

horsetrader (plural horsetraders)

  1. (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
    • 1937 February 22, “Judiciary: Visibility Poor”, in Time:
      The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader; and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina.
[edit]

Translations

[edit]