merchant

== English == === Alternative forms === marchant, merchaunt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/ * Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃənt Hyphenation: mer‧chant === Noun === merchant (plural merchants) A person who traffics in commodities for profit. Synonym: trader Hyponyms: merchantman, merchantwoman, merchantess The owner or operator of a retail business. A trading vessel; a merchantman. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour. (obsolete) A supercargo. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === merchant (third-person singular simple present merchants, present participle merchanting, simple past and past participle merchanted) As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident. a merchanting service ==== Further reading ==== “merchant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “merchant”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “merchant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.