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merchant

/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/noun2 syllables

Merchant means: a businessperson engaged in retail trade.

Synonyms for merchant16

noun, as in a businessperson engaged in retail trade

merchandiser

also used for merchant

trader, chandler, chapman, copreman, dealer, huckster, haggler, hawker, monger, peddler, retailer, salesperson, seller, shopkeeper, shoppie

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What does merchant mean?1

noun

1

a businessperson engaged in retail trade

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Merchant in a sentence

  • There, a merchant arrived by horse, accompanied by his servant.Mithridates
  • As a result, he became a great merchant.unknown
  • The merchant had sold goods in the city, and now planned to journey back.Mithridates
  • The authorities couldn't run in the merchant, since his deals were all above board.dajkalaszlo
  • The rich merchant adopted the boy and made him his heir.Lars224
  • Larger pirates often preyed on unarmed merchant ships.Stalwartlover
  • The merchant promised to come the next day.rul
  • The merchant accumulated tremendous fortune during the postwar era.unknown

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Forms of merchant

as a noun

plural
merchants