marketeer
marketeer Lexical Profile
marketeer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British A person or company that advertises, promotes, or sells products and services; a marketing professional.
"The company hired a seasoned marketeer to revitalize its declining brand image."
A person who sells goods in a market, especially one operating in an illicit or black market.
"During the wartime rationing, authorities cracked down on unscrupulous marketeers selling scarce goods at inflated prices."
British An advocate of a free-market economy or, historically, a supporter of British membership in the European Common Market.
"As a staunch marketeer, the economist argued against state intervention in the banking sector."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'marketer' is the standard neutral term for a marketing professional in American English, 'marketeer' is more common in British English for this sense and can sometimes carry a slightly pejorative connotation (as in 'black marketeer').