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noun
1.
a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
2.
a storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.
3.
Chiefly British. a wholesaler.
adjective
4.
pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship.
5.
pertaining to the merchant marine.
6.
Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.
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Merchants
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English marchant < Old French marcheant < Vulgar Latin *mercātant- (stem of *mercātāns), present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī to trade, derivative of merx goods
1250–1300; Middle English marchant < Old French marcheant < Vulgar Latin *mercātant- (stem of *mercātāns), present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī to trade, derivative of merx goods
Related forms
mer·chant·like, adjective
out·mer·chant, noun
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