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NEGOTIATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does negotiator mean?
• NEGOTIATOR (noun)
The noun NEGOTIATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
Familiarity information: NEGOTIATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
negotiant; negotiator; treater
Hypernyms ("negotiator" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "negotiator"):
go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
bargainer (negotiator of the terms of a transaction)
compromiser (a negotiator willing to compromise)
holdout (a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms)
negotiatress; negotiatrix (a woman negotiator)
representative (a person who represents others)
settler (a negotiator who settles disputes)
Derivation:
negotiate (discuss the terms of an arrangement)
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