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. (informal) 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.

Concepts

merchant

trader

dealer

businessman

seller

shopkeeper

tradesman

vendor

salesman

storekeeper

merchandiser

business lady

trafficker

retailer

salesperson

business man

bargainer

monger

attendant

store

agent

store owner

chandler

resident

townsfolk

mercantile house

hawker

pedlar

middleman

merchants’

shop-keeper

marketeer

specialist

commercial

foreigner

market keeper

mercer

packer

stockist

supermarketeer

supermarketer

mercantile

businessperson

buyer

market trader

huckster

cashier

business

commerce

confer

discuss

trade

fishmonger

banian

banyan

grocer

tradie

employer

entrepreneur

jobber

Hyphenated as

mer‧chant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/

Etymology

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 .