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merchant
[ mur-chuhnt ]
noun
- a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- a storekeeper; retailer:
a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.
- Chiefly British. a wholesaler.
adjective
- pertaining to or used for trade or commerce:
a merchant ship.
- pertaining to the merchant marine.
- Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.
merchant
1/ ˈɜːʃəԳ /
noun
- a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader
- a person engaged in retail trade
- (esp in historical contexts) any trader
- derogatory.a person dealing or involved in something undesirable
a gossip merchant
- modifier
- of the merchant navy
a merchant sailor
- of or concerned with trade
a merchant ship
verb
- tr to conduct trade in; deal in
Merchant
2/ ˈɜːʃəԳ /
noun
- MerchantIsmail19362005MIndianFILMS AND TV: producer Ismail (ˈɪzmeɪəl). 1936–2005, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000)
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ-ˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- cԳ· adjective
- dzܳmcԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of merchant1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of merchant1
Example Sentences
The area’s unpredictable depths have also meant that, over the centuries, merchant ships and explorers tended to avoid these waters.
He eventually enlisted in the Marine Corps and was a merchant seaman before pursuing a career in journalism, according to Tucker Carlson’s post.
Ismail said a lot of the people killed were merchants in the market, because they belonged to the Zaghawa community, the ethnic base of the Joint Forces.
As for the merchants at IDEX, there is no reluctance to working with like-minded nations, said Abraham Mazor, vice president of business development and marketing at Smartshooter, an international company headquartered in Israel.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted dozens of merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
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