merchant

  • 21Merchant — This name, with variant spellings Marchent, Marchand, Marquand, Merchant and Le Marchant, derives from the Old French marcheant (Middle English marchand ), meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer… …

    Surnames reference

  • 22merchant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ prosperous, rich, wealthy ▪ powerful, prominent, successful ▪ foreign, local …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 23Merchant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Merchant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 merchant merchant trader dealer monger chandler salesman Sgm: N 1 changer changer Sgm: N 1 regrater regrater Sgm: N 1 shopkeeper shopkeeper …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24merchant — noun (C) 1 someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities: He s a wine merchant. 2 con merchant/speed merchant etc BrE informal someone who is involved in a particular activity, such as tricking people or driving very fast …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25merchant — One who is engaged in the purchase and sale of goods; a trafficker; a retailer; a trader. Term commonly refers to person who purchases goods at wholesale for resale at retail; i.e. person who operates a retail business (retailer). A person who… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26merchant — One who is engaged in the purchase and sale of goods; a trafficker; a retailer; a trader. Term commonly refers to person who purchases goods at wholesale for resale at retail; i.e. person who operates a retail business (retailer). A person who… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27merchant — Synonyms and related words: agent, baron, broker, business, businessman, caterer, chandler, commercial, commissariat, commissary, dealer, distributor, donor, drummer, forwarder, furnisher, hawker, huckster, importer, industrial, industrialist,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28Merchant — (usually preceded by a defining term) person noted or notorious for the specified aspect of their behaviour: panic merchant ; standover merchant …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 29merchant — Australian Slang (usually preceded by a defining term) person noted or notorious for the specified aspect of their behaviour: panic merchant ; standover merchant …

    English dialects glossary

  • 30merchant — mer•chant [[t]ˈmɜr tʃənt[/t]] n. 1) bus a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; dealer; trader 2) bus a storekeeper; retailer 3) a person who deals or indulges in something undesirable: merchants of gloom and doom[/ex] 4)… …

    From formal English to slang