Merchant Definition

mûrchənt
merchants
noun
merchants
A person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; trader, esp. one in the wholesale trade who deals with foreign countries.
Webster's New World
A person who sells goods at retail; storekeeper; shopkeeper.
Webster's New World
An individual or entity that buys goods and resells them for a profit, and that is assumed to be expert in the particular type of goods.
Webster's New World Law
Antonyms:
adjective
Of or used in trade; mercantile; commercial.
Webster's New World
Of the merchant marine.
Webster's New World
verb
To carry on trade in; deal in.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A surname​.

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Other Word Forms of Merchant

Noun

Singular:
merchant
Plural:
merchants

Origin of Merchant

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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