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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who imports; a merchant or other person, or a corporate body, by or for whom goods are brought from another country or state: opposed to exporter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)

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import +‎ -er

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