merchant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English marchant < Anglo-Norman marchant < Latin mercans (“‘a buyer’”), ppr. of mercor (“‘trade, traffic, buy’”) < merx (“‘merchandise, traffic’”) < merere (“‘to gain, buy, purchase, also deserve, merit’”); see mercy and merit.

[edit] Noun

merchant (plural merchants)

1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
2. The owner or operator of a retail business.

[edit] Derived terms

merchantable merchant bank merchant banker merchant flag merchantman merchant marine mercantile

merchant navy merchant prince merchant seaman merchant ship merchant tailor wine merchant

[edit] Related terms

• merchandise
• commerce

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• merchant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• merchant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “merchant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.