merchant
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
Other meanings
The owner or operator of a retail business.
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
Related words
- merchantability
- merchantess
- merchanthood
- merchantish
- merchantlike
- merchantly
- merchantry
- merchantwoman
- nonmerchant
- winemerchant
- caper merchant
- country merchant
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "marchaunt".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “merchant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.