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merchant

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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.

[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.]

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.merchantmerchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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

merchant
Translations
merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] ncomerciante m/f

merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] nnégociant m, marchand m;
timber/wine merchant → négociant en bois/vins, marchand de bois/vins

merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] nKaufmann m;
timber/wine merchant → Holz-/Weinhändler m

merchant [ˈməːtʃənt] n (= trader) → commerciante m (= shopkeeper); negoziante m;
timber/wine merchant → negoziante di legno/vino

merchant
n merchant [ˈməːtʃənt]
a trader, especially wholesale, in goods of a particular kind timber/tea/wine merchants. handelaar تاجِر، تُجّار търговец obchodník, -ice handelsmand; grosserer der Kaufmann έμπορος comerciante, mayorista kaupmees بازرگان kauppias marchand/-ande סוֹחֵר व्यापारी trgovac kereskedő pedagang (stór)kaupmaður, heildsali commerciante 商人 상인, 도매상 pirklys, prekybininkas []tirgotājs pedagang handelaar kjøpmann, grosserer kupiec comerciante negustor (оптовый) торговец obchodník, -čka trgovec trgovac köpman, grossist พ่อค้า tüccar (批發)商人 купець; торговець تاجر thương gia
merchant marine, navy, service
the ships of a country that are employed in trading, and their crews His son has joined the merchant navy. handelsvloot أسْطول تِجاري търговски флот obchodní loďstvo handelsflåde Handels-... εμπορικό ναυτικό marina mercante kaubalaevastik ناو گان بازرگانی kauppalaivasto marine marchande הַצִי הַסוֹחֵר वाणिज्य पोत trgovačka mornarica kereskedelmi flotta kapal dagang kaupskipafloti marina mercantile 1国の全商船 한 나라 전체의 보유 상선 및 그 선원 prekybos laivynas tirdzniecības flote marin dagang koopvaardij handelsflåte marynarka handlowa mercante marină comercială торговый флот obchodné loďstvo trgovska mornarica trgovačka mornarica handelsflotta เรือเดินสมุทรสำหรับค้าขาย deniz ticaret (filosu) 商船隊 торговельний флот قومی تجارتی بیڑا đội thương thuyền
merchant ship
a ship involved in trade. handelskip سَفينَه تِجاريَّه търговски кораб obchodní loď handelsskib Handels-... εμπορικό πλοίο barco mercante, buque mercante kaubalaev کشتی تجاری kauppa-alus navire marchand סְפִינַת סַחַר वाणिज्य जहाज trgovački brod kereskedelmi hajó kapal dagang kaupskip nave mercantile 商船 상선 prekinis laivas tirdzniecības kuģis kapal dagang koopvaardijschip handelsfartøy statek handlowy cargueiro navă comercială торговое судно obchodná loď trgovska ladja trgovački brod handelsfartyg เรือสำหรับค้าขาย ticaret gemisi, şilep 商船 торговельне судно تجارتی جہاز tàu buôn


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Sire, there was once upon a time a merchant who possessed great wealth, in land and merchandise, as well as in ready money.
There was once a merchant who had only one child, a son, that was very young, and barely able to run alone.
Meanwhile he conducted the service, but at the point at which he went out to the tomb of his predecessor, he staggered and would have fallen had he not been caught by a merchant standing behind him and by the monk acting as deacon.
 
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