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

Ah! now I know where he goes to pilfer iron filings, which he sells for old papers, that barterer of a Garoffi!

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Under such adverse circumstances does the barterer ply his traffic with the Esquimaux.

From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)

Like the Phenicians, it may become the merchant and barterer of the world; or, like the Greeks, the teacher of future generations; or, like the Romans, the model-giver of laws and forms.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

So he reports: and in each other charge Committed to his keeping, play'd the part Of barterer to the height:  with him doth herd The chief of Logodoro, Michel Zanche.

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 07 by Cary, Henry Francis