negotiantEtymologyFrom French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”).negotiant means someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nounSomeone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent.“Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect”A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier.“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.”