barterer

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The Panamanian antiques were sold to U.S. gun collectors, and Cummings was launched as an international gun barterer.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was but natural in the new state of things that the French trapper, with all his knowledge of forest and stream, should become coureur des bois and voyageur, while the Englishman remained the barterer.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

Economically, the old farmer was not a business man, but a barterer.

From Chapters in Rural Progress by Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech)

He dwindles now to the mere barterer and so—save for a few chance glimpses—slips out of sight, for his brave days as Imperial Scout are done.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay

The trading room of McGlenn offered no exception to the rule, and his window seats were good resting places for the casual barterer.

From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley