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mer⋅cer

  [mur-ser]
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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 -ier 2 ; see -er 2
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mer·cer   (mûr'sər)   
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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mercer 
c.1123, "dealer in textile," from Fr. mercier "trader," from V.L. *merciarius, from L. merx (see market).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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