Jean-Luc Colombo, an oenologist from Marseilles, moved here with his wife, Anne, in the 1980s, first establishing a negotiant/consulting business and later buying vineyards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rustic but Rewarding, Cornas Gains the Spotlight] Reference

Monsieur Tavel, negotiant a Bordeaux himself, was more likely to be aware of a fellow wineshipper than of a chateau seventy kilometres to the north. '' ll find out, 'he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [PROOF]

"Ma foi," said the commandant, "c'est un negotiant, un bourgeois" -- take him away to the citadel, we will examine him to-morrow, at present we must dress for the comedie -- "Allons.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 530, January 21, 1832] Reference

Only an occasional negotiant comes up from Gap or Grenoble, seeking orders in the villages, for whom the ordinary auberges suffice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Huguenots in France] Reference

A win-win negotiant is one who is able to haggle the price of a home with a homebuyer without losing focus of the goal of making profit.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Stephane Rouveyrol, a director of Bordeaux Provenance, a new negotiant that guarantees traceability, said, 'As the value of these wines gets higher, it's essential to know exactly where they have been, and how they have been stored.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Decanter News] Reference

"I already had business in these parts -- negotiant perambulantem in tenebris, if you like -- and saw nothing to lose in this attempt.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]

Know all men by these presents that I, Gilbert Imlay, citizen of the United States of America, at present residing in London, do nominate, constitute, and appoint Mary Imlay, my best friend and wife, to take the sole management and direction of all my affairs, and business which I had placed in the hands of Mr. Elias Bachman, negotiant, Gottenburg, or in those of Messrs. Myburg & Co.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Wollstonecraft] Reference