Definitions for Mercer
ˈmɜr sərmer·cer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercernoun

   a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

2. Mercer, John Mercernoun

   British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercernoun

   A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

2. Etymology: From marcer, mercer, from merz (from merx).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MERCERnoun

   One who sells silks.

   Etymology: mercier, French.

   The draper and mercer may measure religion as they please, and the weaver may cast her upon what loom he please. James Howell, England’s Tears.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mercer

   Mercer is a term that can refer to several things depending on the context: 1) As a profession, it originally denoted a dealer in expensive, fine fabrics, such as silks and velvets, most especially those merchants who dealt in textiles, during the Middle Ages in Europe. 2) Mercer can also refer to a range of places, institutions, and people, including Mercer University in Georgia, USA, the city of Mercer in Pennsylvania, USA, Mercer Island in Washington, USA, or Mercer, a global human resources consulting firm. 3) As a surname. It is of British origin and comes from the aforementioned profession in the Middle Ages. People with the surname Mercer include Johnny Mercer, an American lyricist, and songwriter, and Mandy Mercer, a British novelist. 4) In health care, it is sometimes used as slang for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a type of bacterium that's resistant to several widely used antibiotics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercernoun

   originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens

2. Etymology: [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise. See Merchant.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercer

   Mercer is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,391 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mercer County. Mercer is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was named after physician Brigadier General Hugh Mercer. Brigadier General Mercer was a close friend to General Washington and became a rallying point for the Battle of Princeton. Mercer is the birthplace of the 19th century painter Samuel Waugh, actor and impresario J C Williamson born here in 1845 as well as musician Trent Reznor, creator of the band Nine Inch Nails, and John Bingham, a drafter of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Mercer is also known for its Memorial Day Parade with the main street lined with 500 flags. Each February it holds Penn's Woods West Arts & Crafts Festival at the Mercer Area High School as well Victorian Days in the summer. Many attend the outdoor concerts by the Mercer Community Band on Friday evenings each summer. Facebook has links back to this small town, including that of the Winklevoss twins' father attended Mercer High School. The Mercer County Court House and Christiana Lindsey House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercer

   mėr′sėr, n. a merchant in silks and woollen cloths, or in small wares.—n. Mer′cery, the trade of a mercer: the goods of a mercer. [Fr. mercier.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercer

   The old name for a dealer in silks and woollen fabrics, so called from the Latin mercis, wares, merchandise. Nowadays such a one styles himself a “Draper.”

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MERCER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mercer is ranked #1016 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mercer surname appeared 34,431 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 12 would have the surname Mercer.
   
   82.1% or 28,295 total occurrences were White.
   12.9% or 4,448 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 761 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 558 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 200 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 176 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Trader

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How to pronounce Mercer?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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How to say Mercer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mercer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mercer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Mercer in a Sentence

1. Leonid Yelin:

   Stacey Mercer was Stacey Mercer, a great athlete, a fierce competitor, a great person and a great mom, stacey Mercer was the best teammate and always put Stacey Mercer team first. I was blessed to have coached Stacey Mercer.

2. Kelly Mercer:

   Down where the fingers were, and he wrote, ‘Property of Kelly Mercer and Joel Ruiz,’.

3. Bonnie Schaan:

   He (Harper-Mercer) told everybody else to go to the middle of the room and lay down, he called the one guy, gave him the envelope and told him to go to the corner of the classroom because obviously he was going to be the one that was going to be telling the story.

4. Special Prosecutor Rosemary Khoury:

   I'm a mother of two Black boys and I know I don't know how Mr. Reed's mother feels, but I'm a mother of two Black boys. I also am very empathetic to Dejoure Mercer. I know that that had to be a difficult position to be in, so, all the way around, like I said, no one wins.

5. Billy Wade:

   The travel restrictions limiting students to Mercer County [were], as I understand it, established so students did not travel to places like NYC, catch the virus and bring it back to campus, the University is doing their best to create a bubble where breakthrough cases are kept to a minimum while maintaining as much normalcy as possible.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mercer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mercer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Mercer
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mercer
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Mercer
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Mercer
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Mercer
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Mercer