merchant

mer·chant  (mûrchnt)

n.

1. One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.

2. One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.

adj.

1. Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade: a merchant guild.

2. Of or relating to the merchant marine: merchant ships.

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[Middle English merchaunt, from Old French marcheant, from Vulgar Latin *merctns, present participle of *merctre, frequentative of Latin mercr, to trade, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]

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merchant

Noun

1. a person who buys and sells goods in large quantities and usually of one type: a wine merchant

2. Chiefly Scot, US, & Canad a person engaged in retail trade; shopkeeper

3. Slang a person dealing in something undesirable: a gossip merchant

Adjective

of ships involved in commercial trade or their crews: a merchant sailor, the British merchant fleet [Latin mercari to trade]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade merchandiser baker - someone who bakes commercially book seller, bookdealer - a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise butcher, meatman - a retailer of meat clothier, haberdasher - a merchant who sells men's clothing grain merchant - a merchant who deals in food grains grocer - a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies) hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste - someone who makes and sells hats jeweler, jeweller - someone in the business of selling jewelry poulterer, poultryman - a dealer in poultry and poultry products retail merchant, retailer - a merchant who sells goods at retail rug merchant - a merchant who sells rugs salt merchant, salter - someone who makes or deals in salt schlockmeister, shlockmeister - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop stationer, stationery seller - a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies bargainer, dealer, monger, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold merchant-venturer, venturer - a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) vintner, wine merchant - someone who sells wine

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merchant

noun tradesman, dealer, trader, broker, retailer, supplier, seller, salesman, vendor, shopkeeper, trafficker, wholesaler, purveyor

Translations

merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] n → comerciante m/f

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merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] n → négociant m, marchand m;

timber/wine merchant → négociant en bois/vins, marchand de bois/vins

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merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] n → Kaufmann m;

timber/wine merchant → Holz-/Weinhändler m

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merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] n (= trader) → commerciante m (= shopkeeper); negoziante m;

timber/wine merchant → negoziante di legno/vino