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- 2 dictionary resultsmer⋅chant
[mur-chuh
nt] 
–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. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME marchant < OF marcheant < VL *mercātant- (s. of *mercātāns), prp. of *mercātāre, freq. of L mercārī to trade, deriv. of merx goods
1250–1300; ME marchant < OF marcheant < VL *mercātant- (s. of *mercātāns), prp. of *mercātāre, freq. of L mercārī to trade, deriv. of merx goods
Related forms:
mer⋅chant⋅like, adjective
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| mer·chant (mûr'chənt) n.
[Middle English merchaunt, from Old French marcheant, from Vulgar Latin *mercātāns, present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī, to trade, from merx, merc-, merchandise.] |
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