n. 1. One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade. [ 1913 Webster ]
[こうは, kouha](n, adj-na) (1) tough elements; hard-liners; stalwarts; diehards; hawks; (2) considering association with women and interest in fashion as weakness and focusing on strength and manliness; young tough; young rowdy; (3) hard (news); hard news reporter; (4) strait-laced (person); straight-laced; overly serious regarding relations between men and women; (5) bullish traders; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[しょうばいにん, shoubainin](n) (1) merchant; trader; (2) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert; (3) (See 商売女, 水商売) woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine[Add to Longdo]