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Merchant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Merchant? [n] a businessperson engaged in retail trade Synonyms \| Synonyms for Merchant: merchandiser Related Terms \| Find terms related to Merchant: agent \| baron \| broker \| business \| businessman \| caterer \| chandler \| commercial \| commissariat \| commissary \| dealer \| distributor \| donor \| drummer \| forwarder \| furnisher \| hawker \| huckster \| importer \| industrial \| industrialist \| jobber \| magnate \| manciple \| marketer \| mercantile \| merchandiser \| merchant prince \| middleman \| mogul \| monger \| patron \| provider \| provisioner \| purveyor \| quartermaster \| regrater \| retail \| retail dealer \| retail merchant \| retailer \| seller \| shopkeeper \| steward \| stock clerk \| storekeeper \| supplier \| sutler \| trade \| trader \| tradesman \| tradeswoman \| trading \| trafficker \| tycoon \| vendor \| victualer \| vivandier \| wholesale \| wholesaler See Also \| baker \| bargainer \| book seller \| bookdealer \| bourgeois \| businessperson \| butcher \| Charles Digby Harrod \| Charles Henry Harrod \| clothier \| dealer \| fishmonger \| fishwife \| grain merchant \| grocer \| haberdasher \| hardwareman \| Harrod \| ironmonger \| jeweler \| jeweller \| market keeper \| marketer \| meatman \| merchant-venturer \| milliner \| monger \| poulterer \| poultryman \| retail merchant \| retailer \| rug merchant \| salt merchant \| salter \| schlockmeister \| seller \| shlockmeister \| shopkeeper \| stationer \| stationery seller \| storekeeper \| trader \| tradesman \| trafficker \| vender \| vendor \| venturer \| vintner \| wine merchant Merchant In Webster's Dictionary \Mer"chant\, n. [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. 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. To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]

Merchant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Merchant?

[n] a businessperson engaged in retail trade

Synonyms | Synonyms for Merchant: merchandiser

Merchant In Webster's Dictionary

\Mer"chant\, n. [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.
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.
To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]

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