Merchant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.
  • n. One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.
  • adj. Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade: a merchant guild.
  • adj. Of or relating to the merchant marine: merchant ships.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  • n. The owner or operator of a retail business.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
  • n. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  • n. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise.
  • verb-intransitive. To be a merchant; to trade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who is engaged in the business of buying commercial commodities and selling them again for the sake of profit; especially, one who buys and sells in quantity or by wholesale.
  • n. A supercargo; the person in charge of the business affairs of a trading expedition.
  • n. A merchant ship or vessel; a merchantman.
  • n. A shop-keeper or store-keeper.
  • n. 5. A fellow; a chap.
  • Relating to trade or commerce; commercial: as, the law merchant. See law.
  • Pertaining to merchants; belonging to the mercantile class; engaged or used in trade or commerce.
  • To trade; buy or sell; deal; barter; traffic; negotiate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a businessperson engaged in retail trade
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    merchants   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trafficker    trader    merchantman    shopkeeper    trade   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    trader    farmer    citizen    lawyer    priest    soldier    gentleman    dealer    worker    servant