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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- merchaunt (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from Vulgar Latin *mercatantem, accusative of *mercatans, from the verb *mercatare, from Latin mercātus (“market”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝtʃənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːtʃənt/
- Hyphenation: mer‧chant
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃənt
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], line 5:
- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
- He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
- Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
- (obsolete) A supercargo.
Derived terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
person who traffics in commodities
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the owner or operator of a retail business
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trading vessel — see cargo ship
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Verb[edit]
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.
- a merchanting service
Further reading[edit]
- “merchant” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “merchant” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “merchant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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