† commercern.
Obsolete.
a. A trader.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun]
mongereOE
chapmanc890
haberdasher1311
need doera1382
handlera1398
unfreeman1445
occupier1509
taker-up1548
trafficker1560
pliers1565
copeman1566
trader1566
copemaster1579
couper1581
drover1585
negotiator1596
merchandiser1597
coper1609
dealer1611
commercer1632
market-maker1647
general dealer1709
negotianta1774
outfitter1829
man-
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 360 A Turkish Bashaw..euer preying vpon Christian Commercers.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 66.
b. A person that one has to do with; a ‘customer’.
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society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > customer or client
customer1409
callant1502
patron1607
commercer1654
merchant1673
client1833
mark1935
punter1965
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. 105 He [sc. Lucifer] would rather fright than fancy such commercers.
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