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merchant
noun
- a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; trader, esp. one in the wholesale trade who deals with foreign countries
- a person who sells goods at retail; storekeeper; shopkeeper
adjective
- of or used in trade; mercantile; commercial
- of the merchant marine
transitive verb
to carry on trade in; deal in
See merchant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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