bargainer
(ˈbɑːgɪnə(r))
[f. bargain v. + -er1.]
1. One who is treating as to sale or purchase, a dealer, a trafficker; a chafferer, a haggler.
| c 1460 Towneley Myst. 313 Of thise kyrkchaterars here ar a menee, Of barganars and okerars and lufars of symonee. 1552 Huloet, Bargayner, or bargayne maker. 1632 Sherwood, A bargainer, barguignard. 1658 in Burton Diary (1828) III. 221 It would come better from another House, than from us, that are bargainers for the people. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xvii, The sight of the comfortable old house..ransacked by brokers and bargainers. 1857 S. Winkworth Tauler's Life 123 Knowing how full the world is of such bargainers with God, among monks and nuns. |
† 2. = bargainor. Obs.
| 1628 Coke On Litt. 218 a, The state is not reuested in the Bargainer before a re-entry. |
† 3. (Sc.) A quarreller, wrangler, bully. Obs.
| c 1500 Dunbar Dance 34 Bostaris, braggaris, and barganeris..All bodin in feir of weir. |