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merchant

/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/

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What does merchant mean?

noun

  1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
  3. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
More meanings (4)

verb

  1. As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. (derogatory, informal) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
  2. (obsolete) A supercargo.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/

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It was one clothed as a merchant captain, and as he turned in the scrutiny of the road he revealed his face.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
His elder brother was in town, working for a merchant, so Alyosha had to help his father from a very early age.
Leo, graf TolstoyThe forged coupon, and other storiesProject Gutenberg ebook #243
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The merchant subsequently turned out a very great knave, cheating Tom on various occasions, and finally broke very much in his debt.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
A merchant, without over-trading, may frequently have occasion for a sum of ready money, even when he has no bills to discount.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
With a cultured parentage and a social caste to uphold him, he might have made a venturesome merchant or a West Point cadet.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206