merchant
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
merchant/ˈmɜːtʃənt/
▶noun
- 1 a person involved in wholesale trade.
■ chiefly N. Amer. a retail trader.
- 2 informal a person who deals in something unpleasant.
■ derogatory a person with a liking for a particular activity: a speed merchant.
– origin ME: from OFr. marchant, based on L. mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
'merchant' also found in these Oxford entries:
argosy
- Bartlett pear
- bottomry
- carrack
- catboat
- charter party
- employ
- emporium
- first mate
- first officer
- letter of marque
- Lloyd's Register
- market
- master
- master mariner
- mate
- mercantile
- mercantile marine
- merchandise
- merchantable
- merchant bank
- merchant marine
- merchant navy
- merchant prince
- MN
- Plimsoll line
- pound
- Q-ship
- second officer
- supercargo
- trader
- vintner
- windjammer
- woolman
