merchant /mûrˈchənt/

1. A trader, esp wholesale
2. A shopkeeper (now esp US)
3. A supercargo (obsolete)
4. A merchantman
5. A person who specializes or indulges in a particular, usu undesirable, activity, eg con merchant, speed merchant (slang)

Commercial

To trade

To trade in

merˈchantable adjective

1. Fit or ready for sale
2. Marketable

merˈchanting noun

merˈchantlike adjective and adverb (Shakespeare)

Like a merchant

merˈchantry noun

1. The business of a merchant
2. Merchants collectively

merchant bank see under bank¹

merchant bar noun

A bar of merchant iron, bar-iron made of repiled and rerolled wrought iron

merˈchantman noun (pl merˈchantmen)

1. A trading ship
2. A merchant (Bible)

merchant navy or merchant service noun

The mercantile marine

merchant of death noun

Arms manufacturers and dealers, esp those trading unscrupulously on the international market

merchant prince noun

A merchant of great wealth, power, and consequence

merchant ship noun

A ship that carries merchandise

merchant tailor noun

A tailor who supplies the cloth for the clothes that he makes

speed merchant see under speed

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