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–noun Chiefly British.

a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME < AF; OF mercier merchant, equiv. to merz merchandise (< L merx, acc. mercem) + -ier -ier²; see -er²

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n. Chiefly British
A dealer in textiles, especially silks.

[Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx, merc-, merchandise.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mercer

c.1123, "dealer in textile," from Fr. mercier "trader," from V.L. *merciarius, from L. merx (see market).

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mercer
noun
1.	a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
2.	British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)

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Mercer Island, WA (city, FIPS 45005) Location: 47.56927 N, 122.23092 W
Population (1990): 20816 (8321 housing units)
Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 17.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98040

Mercer County, IL (county, FIPS 131) Location: 41.20411 N, 90.74161 W
Population (1990): 17290 (7244 housing units)
Area: 1453.1 sq km (land), 20.4 sq km (water)

Mercer County, WV (county, FIPS 55) Location: 37.40581 N, 81.11357 W
Population (1990): 64980 (28426 housing units)
Area: 1089.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Mercer County, PA (county, FIPS 85) Location: 41.30542 N, 80.25294 W
Population (1990): 121003 (48689 housing units)
Area: 1740.1 sq km (land), 27.9 sq km (water)

Mercer County, OH (county, FIPS 107) Location: 40.54199 N, 84.62903 W
Population (1990): 39443 (14969 housing units)
Area: 1199.9 sq km (land), 26.0 sq km (water)

Mercer County, NJ (county, FIPS 21) Location: 40.28192 N, 74.69920 W
Population (1990): 325824 (123666 housing units)
Area: 585.2 sq km (land), 7.6 sq km (water)

Mercer County, ND (county, FIPS 57) Location: 47.30246 N, 101.81696 W
Population (1990): 9808 (4496 housing units)
Area: 2707.7 sq km (land), 173.7 sq km (water)

Mercer County, MO (county, FIPS 129) Location: 40.42435 N, 93.56618 W
Population (1990): 3723 (2225 housing units)
Area: 1177.0 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)

Mercer County, KY (county, FIPS 167) Location: 37.80468 N, 84.87637 W
Population (1990): 19148 (8212 housing units)
Area: 649.9 sq km (land), 5.7 sq km (water)

Mercer, MO (town, FIPS 47486) Location: 40.51104 N, 93.52935 W
Population (1990): 297 (183 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64661

Mercer, ND (city, FIPS 52340) Location: 47.49097 N, 100.71021 W
Population (1990): 104 (57 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58559

Mercer, PA (borough, FIPS 48696) Location: 41.22628 N, 80.23663 W
Population (1990): 2444 (1043 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16137

Mercer, TN Zip code(s): 38392

Mercer, WI Zip code(s): 54547

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Mercer

Mer"cer\, n. [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise. See Merchant.] Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]

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