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MERCHANT
merchant, merchandiser
(noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Merchant
A surname.
Etymology
Noun
merchant (plural merchants)
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
Synonym: trader
The owner or operator of a retail business.
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
(obsolete) A supercargo.
Verb
merchant (third-person singular simple present merchants, present participle merchanting, simple past and past participle merchanted)
As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
Source: Wiktionary
Mer"chant, n. Etym: [OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F. marchand, fr. LL. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See Market, Merit, and cf. Commerce.]
1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad. Shak.
2. A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.] Shak.
3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]
Mer"chant, a.
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
– Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc.
– Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
– Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
Mer"chant, v. i.
Definition: To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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