merchant

Speech parts

1. merchant - Noun

2. merchant - Adjective

3. merchant - Verb

4. Merchant - Proper noun

Meaning

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.

To be a merchant; to trade.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hawker tradesman merchandiser agent dealer seller trader retailer shopkeeper middleman peddler businessman vendor distributor broker
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Antonyms

client custom guest customer buyer purchaser
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Hypernyms

bourgeois businessperson

Hyponyms

baker hatter monger butcher tradesman salter

Phrases with the word

merchant marine clothing merchant merchant prince merchant banker doom merchant specialty merchant

Examples

The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client. William S. Burroughs

Virginia was in fact a landowning aristocracy, without nobility or merchant class, or any considerable small peasant farming class; and the other Southern colonies, except North Carolina, were on the whole similar to Virginia in these respects. Carl L. Becker

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all he has. It is the pearl of great price to by which the merchant will sell all his goods. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

No deceit, no merchant. Afghan Proverb

When a merchant talks about sheep he means the hide. Swiss Proverb

He is no merchant who always gains. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

merchandizer merchandizing merchandry merchant area merchant bank merchant banker