merchant
Meanings
Plural: merchants
Noun
- a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- The owner or operator of a retail business.
- A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
- A supercargo.
Verb
- As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“I trade, deal, sell”).
Synonyms
chandler, chapman, dealer, haggler, hawker, huckster, merchandiser, merchant, monger, peddler, retailer, salesperson, seller, shopkeeper, shoppie, storekeep, trader, vendor
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
merchant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmerchant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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