Merchant

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  • noun. One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.
  • noun. One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.
  • adjective. Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the merchant marine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who is engaged in the business of buying commercial commodities and selling them again for the sake of profit; especially, one who buys and sells in quantity or by wholesale.
  • noun. A supercargo; the person in charge of the business affairs of a trading expedition.
  • noun. A merchant ship or vessel; a merchantman.
  • noun. A shop-keeper or store-keeper.
  • noun. 5. A fellow; a chap.
  • Relating to trade or commerce; commercial: as, the law merchant. See law.
  • Pertaining to merchants; belonging to the mercantile class; engaged or used in trade or commerce.
  • To trade; buy or sell; deal; barter; traffic; negotiate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise.
  • adjective. the mercantile marine of a country.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. a ship employed in commerce.
  • adjective. a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
  • noun. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
  • noun. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  • noun. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
  • intransitive verb. To be a merchant; to trade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  • noun. The owner or operator of a retail business.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a businessperson engaged in retail trade
  • Word Usage
    "Mr. Robinson's arrival was several years after Gap's 1990s heyday, under former CEO Millard "Mickey" Drexler, who now runs J.Crew Group Inc. Mr. Drexler, whose eye for style earned him the nickname "merchant prince," had carried Gap through a period of explosive growth alongside the advent of "business casual" attire."
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