trader (trader)

[ Traders riding to London with fat purses. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. 141. A butcher who kills only such cattle as he has reared himself is not a trader ; but if he buy them and kill them and sell them with a view to profit, he is a trader. Any general definition of the word trader would fail to suit all cases. Each case has its peculiarities. We are to look to the object to be attained by the requirement that the trader shall keep a cash book. Peters, C. J., 76 Maine, 499. 2. A ve el employed regularly in any particular trade, whether foreign or coasting: as, an East Indian trader; a coasting trader. - Post trader. See post - trader. - Room trader, a member of the (New York) stock-exchange who buys and sells stocks on the floor of the exchange for his own account and not for a client, and without the intervention of another broker; a broker who is his own client.