A person whose occupation is the purchase and sale of goods or commodities for profit. (Originally used gen. of any trader in goods not…

One who buys and sells in the gross, i.e. in large quantities, a wholesale dealer or merchant; also with mention of the article dealt in, e.g…

A merchant, a trader. Obsolete.

A merchant, a trader, a shopkeeper. Obsolete. rare.

one who makes his profit out of fleeces (in quot. figurative).

A merchant, a tradesman.

A merchant.

(a) a man of businesslike habits, one skilled in business (in various senses) (now rare); †(b) a man engaged in public affairs (obsolete); (c)…

A person who has regular business relations with another (esp. in a distant place).

A man who works or is skilful in business; (now esp.) one who works in commerce, typically at an executive level. Cf. businesswoman, n.

A merchant; a person engaged in trade or commerce. rare.

a country that imports more (of a specified product) than it exports; contrasted with net exporter n.

Short for commercial traveller n. at compounds. Also, a man engaged in commerce.