Definition of Merchant

(v. i.)
To be a merchant; to trade.
  

(n.)
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
  

(n.)
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
  

(n.)
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  

(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
  

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merchant
\mer"chant\, v. i. to be a merchant; to trade. [obs.]
merchant
\mer"chant\ (?), n. [oe. marchant, of. marcheant, f. marchand, fr. ll. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, l. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. see market, merit, and cf. commerce.]
1. one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. others, like merchants, venture trade abroad.
2. a trading vessel; a merchantman. [obs.]
3. one who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [u. s. & scot.]
merchant
\mer"chant\, a. of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
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iron or

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 rug merchant 
 merchant iron 
 retail merchant 
 hong merchant 
 trader or merchant 
 wine merchant 
 law merchant 
 statute merchant 
 merchant service 
 merchant ship 
 merchant tailor 
 merchant-venturer 
 commission merchant 
 raff merchant 
 merchant bar 

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Merchant, (n.)

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.
  

(usually preceded by a defining term) person noted or notorious for the specified aspect of their behaviour: “panic merchant”; “standover merchant”

dentist

wanker

addict of cheap wine

quack or a person selling phoney medical treatments

person who likes to drive fast

one who bullies or intimidates; one who threatens violence to gain a desired result; hoodlum

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Noun
1. a businessperson engaged in retail trade
(synonym) merchandiser
(hypernym) businessperson, bourgeois
(hyponym) baker

_an independent marketing intermediary.

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MERCHANDISE - By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, etc. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.

MERCHANT - One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.

In another sense, it signifies a person who owns ships, and trades, by means of them, with foreign nations, or with the different States of the United States; these are known by the name of shipping merchants.

According to an old authority, there are four species of merchants, namely, merchant adventurers, merchant dormant, merchant travellers, and merchant residents.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

For cargo carried under the terms and conditions of the Carrier's Bill of Lading and of a tariff, it means any trader or persons (e.g. Shipper, Consignee) and including anyone acting on their behalf, owning or entitled to possession of the goods.

The Merchant's Collection 1975, Single Campbeltown Malt Scotch Whisky
The Merchant's Collection 1975, Single Macallan Malt Scotch Whisky

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The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel about," "to migrate," and hence "a traveller." In the East, in ancient times, merchants travelled about with their merchandise from place to place (Gen. 37:25; Job 6:18), and carried on their trade mainly by bartering (Gen. 37:28; 39:1). After the Hebrews became settled in Palestine they began to engage in commercial pursuits, which gradually expanded (49:13; Deut. 33:18; Judg. 5:17), till in the time of Solomon they are found in the chief marts of the world (1 Kings 9:26; 10:11, 26, 28; 22:48; 2 Chr. 1:16; 9:10, 21). After Solomon's time their trade with foreign nations began to decline. After the Exile it again expanded into wider foreign relations, because now the Jews were scattered in many lands.

merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues