单词 | merchant |
释义 | merchant —merchantlike, adj. /merr"cheuhnt/, n. 1. a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader. 2. a storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street. 3. Chiefly Brit. a wholesaler. adj. 4. pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship. 5. pertaining to the merchant marine. 6. Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size. [1250-1300; ME marchant < OF marcheant < VL *mercatant- (s. of *mercatans), prp. of *mercatare, freq. of L mercari to trade, deriv. of merx goods] |
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