merchant

noun

/ˈmɜːtʃənt/

/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/

Idioms

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a person who buys and sells goods in large quantities, especially one who imports and exports goods
- a coal/wine merchant
- Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
see also builders’ merchantTopics Jobsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- prosperous
- rich
- wealthy
- …
merchant + noun
- fleet
- marine
- navy
- …
See full entry
(North American English) a person who sells goods to the public, especially through a store
- The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide.
(British English, informal, disapproving) a person who likes a particular activity
- a speed merchant (= somebody who likes to drive fast)
- noise merchants (= for example, a band who make a lot of noise)

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.

Idioms

doom merchant | prophet of doom

a person who predicts that things will go very badly
- The doom merchants who said television would kill off the book were wrong.

prophet of doom | doom merchant

a person who predicts that things will go very badly
- The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.

merchant

adjective

/ˈmɜːtʃənt/

/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/

[only before noun]

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connected with the transport of goods by sea
- merchant seamen
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.

单词	merchant
释义	merchant noun /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ /ˈmɜːrtʃənt/ Idioms jump to other results a person who buys and sells goods in large quantities, especially one who imports and exports goods a coal/wine merchant Venice was once a city of rich merchants. see also builders’ merchantTopics Jobsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective prosperous rich wealthy … merchant + noun fleet marine navy … See full entry (North American English) a person who sells goods to the public, especially through a store The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide. (British English, informal, disapproving) a person who likes a particular activity a speed merchant (= somebody who likes to drive fast) noise merchants (= for example, a band who make a lot of noise) Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’. Idioms doom merchant \| prophet of doom a person who predicts that things will go very badly The doom merchants who said television would kill off the book were wrong. prophet of doom \| doom merchant a person who predicts that things will go very badly The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong. merchant adjective /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ /ˈmɜːrtʃənt/ [only before noun] jump to other results connected with the transport of goods by sea merchant seamen Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
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