merchant

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
3. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
4. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
5. (obsolete) A supercargo.

Verb

As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

Synonyms

trader

dealer

businessman

seller

shopkeeper

tradesman

vendor

salesman

storekeeper

merchandiser

business lady

trafficker

business man

bargainer

monger

retailer

salesperson

attendant

store

chandler

agent

store owner

huckster

jobber

marketeer

mercantile

mercer

commercial

middleman

supermarketeer

packer

pedlar

resident

supermarketer

commerce

tradie

cashier

shop-keeper

specialist

stockist

buyer

townsfolk

trade

business

banyan

banian

businessperson

market trader

mercantile house

merchants’

Translations

commerçant

Kaufmann

comerciante

commerciante

marchand

koopman

Händler

mercante

comerciante

handelaar

zakenman

Geschäftsmann

mercader

négociant

έμπορος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: marchaunt

In summary

From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“I trade, deal, sell”).

Sentences

That day , the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display .

He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop .

Generally adapted from passenger liners , they were larger than the German merchant raiders .