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Webster 1913 Edition
Merchant
Mer′chant
,Noun.
1.
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
Others, like
merchants
, venture trade abroad. Shakespeare
2.
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
[U. S. & Scot.]
Mer′chant
,Adj.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise;
as, the
. merchant
serviceMerchant bar
, Merchant iron
or Merchant steel
certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
–
Merchant service or Merchant marine
the mercantile marine of a country.
Am. Cyc.
– Merchant ship
, a ship employed in commerce.
– Merchant tailor
, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
Mer′chant
,Verb.
I.
To be a merchant; to trade.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Merchant
MER'CHANT
,Noun.
1.
A man who trafficks or carries on trade with foreign countries,or who exports and imports goods and sells them by wholesale.2.
In popular usage, any trader, or one who deals in the purchase and sale of goods.3.
A ship in trade. [Not used.]MER'CHANT
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
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See also: Merchant
English
Alternative forms
- merchaunt (obsolete)
Noun
merchant (plural merchants)
- A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- The owner or operator of a retail business.
- A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, II. i. 5:
- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
- 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, II. i. 5:
Derived terms
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Translations
person who traffics in commodities
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the owner or operator of a retail business
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trading vessel — see cargo ship
Verb
merchant (third-person singular simple present merchants, present participle merchanting, simple past and past participle merchanted)
- As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
- a merchanting service