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1. (n.) merchant
a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; dealer; trader.
2. merchant
a storekeeper; retailer.
3. merchant
a person who deals or indulges in something undesirable:
merchants of gloom and doom.
4. (adj.) merchant
used for trade or commerce:
a merchant ship.
5. merchant
pertaining to the merchant marine.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME marchant < OF marcheant < VL *mercātant- (s. of *mercātāns), prp. of *mercātāre, freq. of L mercārī to trade, der. of merx goods)
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| Definition of 'merchant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) merchant, merchandiser
a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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1. (noun) merchant
a person or company that trades goods
coffee merchants
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| Definition of 'merchant' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) merchant
of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service
2. (noun) merchant
one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader
3. (noun) merchant
a trading vessel; a merchantman
4. (noun) merchant
one who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper
5. (verb) merchant
to be a merchant; to trade
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Sense: a trader, especially wholesale, in goods of a particular kind
timber/tea/wine merchants.
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 Afrikaans: handelaar |
 Arabic: تاجِر، تُجّار |
 Bulgarian: търговец |
 Brazilian: comerciante |
 Czech: obchodník, -ice |
 German: der Kaufmann |
 Danish: handelsmand; grosserer |
 Greek: έμπορος |
 Spanish: comerciante, mayorista |
 Estonian: kaupmees |
 Farsi: بازرگان |
 Finnish: kauppias |
 French: marchand/-ande |
 Hebrew: סוֹחֵר |
 Hindi: व्यापारी |
 Croatian: trgovac |
 Hungarian: kereskedő |
 Indonesian: pedagang |
 Icelandic: (stór)kaupmaður, heildsal |
 Italian: commerciante |
 Japanese: 商人 |
 Korean: 상인 |
 Lithuanian: pirklys, prekybininkas |
 Latvian: []tirgotājs |
 Malay: pedagang |
 Dutch: handelaar |
 Norwegian: kjøpmann, grosserer |
 Polish: kupiec |
 Persian: تجار، بازرگان |
 Pashto: تجار |
 Portuguese: comerciante |
 Romanian: negustor |
 Russian: (оптовый) торговец |
 Slovak: obchodník, -čka |
 Slovenian: trgovec |
 Serbian: trgovac |
 Swedish: köpman, grossist |
 Thai: พ่อค้า |
 Turkish: tüccar |
 Taiwanese: (批發)商人 |
 Ukrainian: купець; торговець |
 Urdu: تاجر |
 Vietnamese: thương gia |
 Chinese: （批发）商人 |
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