merchant
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- merchaunt (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English marchant, from Anglo-Norman marchant, from Latin mercans (“a buyer”), present participle of mercor (“trade, traffic, buy”), from merx (“merchandise, traffic”), from merere (“to gain, buy, purchase, also deserve, merit”); see mercy and merit.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɜː(r)tʃənt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃənt
[edit] Noun
merchant (plural merchants)
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[edit] Translations
person who traffics in commodities
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the owner or operator of a retail business
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[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.
