Merchant

Noun

 * 1) A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
 * 2) The owner or operator of a retail business.

Derived terms

 * merchantable
 * merchant bank
 * merchant banker
 * merchant flag
 * merchantman
 * merchant marine
 * mercantile


 * merchant navy
 * merchant prince
 * merchant seaman
 * merchant ship
 * merchant tailor
 * wine merchant

Related terms

 * merchandise
 * commerce

Adjectives for Merchant
respected; shaggy; successful; affluent prudent; timorous; independent; prominent sagacious; enterprising; prosperous; staid sensible; clear-eyed; retired.

Verbs for Merchant
bargain with—; patronize—; —auctions; — deals in; —dispenses; —disposes of; — hawks; —jobs; —markets; —negotiates; — profits; —purveys; —puts under the ham¬mer; —realizes a profit; —retails; —spec¬ulates; —traffics in; —transacts; —vends; —wholesales; —undersells.

Thesaurus
agent, baron, broker, business, businessman, caterer, chandler, commercial, commissariat, commissary, dealer, distributor, donor, drummer, forwarder, furnisher, hawker, huckster, importer, industrial, industrialist, jobber, magnate, manciple, marketer, mercantile, merchandiser, merchant prince, middleman, mogul, monger, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, regrater, retail, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer, seller, shopkeeper, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, trade, trader, tradesman, tradeswoman, trading, trafficker, tycoon, vendor, victualer, vivandier, wholesale, wholesaler

Etymology
< marchant: <  marchant: <  mercans:, present participle of mercor: < merx: < merere:; see mercy: and merit:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 商人 (shāng rén)
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: købmand
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 商人 (しょうにん, shōnin)
 * Korean: 상인 (sang-in)
 * Kurdish: بازرگان


 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian: трговец
 * Maltese: merkantier, merkantiera , tas-suq
 * Nahuatl: oztomecatl
 * Norwegian: farmann
 * Polish: kupiec
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche, màlair , marsal , malairtiche
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: köpman
 * Telugu: వ్యాపారి (vyaapaari)


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: дуќанџија


 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche


 * : vendisto


 * : tedel