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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmarchaunt, fromAnglo-Normanmarchaunt, frommercans, from the verbmercor(I trade, deal, sell).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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merchant (pluralmerchants)

  1. A person whotraffics incommodities for profit.
    Synonym:trader
    Hyponyms:merchantman,merchantwoman,merchantess
  2. The owner or operator of aretail business.
  3. A tradingvessel; amerchantman.
  4. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
    He's some kind of speedmerchant — he drives way too fast.
    Goalmerchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
  5. (obsolete) Asupercargo.

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Translations

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person who traffics in commodities
the owner or operator of a retail business
trading vesselseecargo ship
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Verb

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merchant (third-person singular simple presentmerchants,present participlemerchanting,simple past and past participlemerchanted)

  1. As aresident of a region, to buygoods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
    amerchanting service

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