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merchant
[ mur-chuhnt ]
noun
- a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- a storekeeper; retailer:
a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.
- Chiefly British. a wholesaler.
adjective
- pertaining to or used for trade or commerce:
a merchant ship.
- pertaining to the merchant marine.
- Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.
merchant
1/ ˈmɜːtʃənt /
noun
- a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader
- a person engaged in retail trade
- (esp in historical contexts) any trader
- derogatory.a person dealing or involved in something undesirable
a gossip merchant
- modifier
- of the merchant navy
a merchant sailor
- of or concerned with trade
a merchant ship
verb
- tr to conduct trade in; deal in
Merchant
2/ ˈmɜːtʃənt /
noun
- MerchantIsmail19362005MIndianFILMS AND TV: producer Ismail (ˈɪzmeɪəl). 1936–2005, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000)
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Derived Forms
- ˈmerchant-ˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- merchant·like adjective
- outmerchant noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of merchant1
1250–1300; Middle English marchant < Old French marcheant < Vulgar Latin *mercātant- (stem of *mercātāns ), present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī to trade, derivative of merx goods
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Word History and Origins
Origin of merchant1
C13: from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin mercātāre (unattested), from Latin mercārī to trade, from merx goods, wares
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