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

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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 （批发）商人

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 商船

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 商船