negotiant

1. (now rare, chiefly historical) Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.Examples: "Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect"archaichistorical

2. (obsolete) A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.Examples: "Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one loaf."obsolete