name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mercer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈmɝsɚ/
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homophone: mercer
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
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Canada, US: /ˈmɝsɚ/
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UK: /ˈmɜːsə/
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CMU ARPABET: M ER1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village on the Waikato River, Waikato region, New Zealand.
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Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Adams County, Iowa.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Somerset County, Maine, named after Hugh Mercer.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Mercer County, Missouri.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, named after Hugh Mercer; formerly, Milan.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A borough, the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Named after Hugh Mercer.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 14
A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
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noun
Meaning 15
a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger
noun
Meaning 16
British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
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Synonyms: John Mercer
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Broader terms: manufacturer, producer
History
Etymology
English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mercer — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- Catalan: mercera — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- Finnish: silkkikauppias — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- Finnish: kangaskauppias — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- French: mercier — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- German: Händler — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- German: Stoffhändler — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
- German: Seidenwarenhändler — A merchant in fabrics and textiles
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