merchant
//ˈmɜːtʃənt//
Forms
- Plural
- merchants
- present (v1)
- merchant
- past (v2)
- merchanted
- past participle (v3)
- merchanted
- present participle
- merchanting
- 3rd person singular
- merchants
Definitions
1.A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
2.The owner or operator of a retail business.
3.A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
4.Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.(informal)
- He's some kind of speed merchant, he drives way too fast.
- Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
1.As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5027
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *merks
Latin merx
Latin mercor
Latin mercānsder.
Anglo-Norman marchauntbor.
Middle English marchaunt
English merchant
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).