Comprador

comprador
Traditional Chinese買辦
Simplified Chinese买办
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmǎibàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmaai5 baan6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese江擺渡
Simplified Chinese江摆渡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinjiāngbǎidù
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggong1 baai2 dou6
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese康白度
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinkāngbǎidù
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghong1 baak6 dou6

A comprador or compradore (English: /kɒmprəˈdɔːr/) is a "person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation."[1] An example of a comprador would be a native manager for a European business house in East and South East Asia, and, by extension, social groups that play broadly similar roles in other parts of the world.

  1. ^ "comprador". oxforddictionaries.com. OXford University Press. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.