name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
merchant
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːtʃənt/
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General-American: /ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃənt
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CMU ARPABET: M ER1 CH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trader
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The owner or operator of a retail business.
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noun
Meaning 4
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal, sometimes
Examples
- He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
- Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
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noun
Meaning 6
A supercargo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 7
As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a merchanting service
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noun
Meaning 8
a businessperson engaged in retail trade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: merchandiser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: baker, bookdealer, book seller, butcher, meatman, clothier, haberdasher, grain merchant, grocer, hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste, jeweler, jeweller, poultryman, poulterer, retailer, retail merchant, rug merchant, salter, salt merchant, schlockmeister, shlockmeister, seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker, shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper, stationer, stationery seller, trader, bargainer, dealer, monger, venturer, merchant-venturer, vintner, wine merchant, Harrod, Charles Henry Harrod, Charles Digby Harrod
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
Across languages
Translations
183 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: handelaar — person who traffics in commodities
- Afrikaans: koopman — person who traffics in commodities
- Albanian: tregtar — person who traffics in commodities
- Arabic: تَاجِر (tājir) — person who traffics in commodities
- Arabic: تَاجِرَة (tājira) — person who traffics in commodities
- Arabic: تاجر (tāgir) — person who traffics in commodities
- Armenian: վաճառական (vačaṙakan) — person who traffics in commodities
- Azerbaijani: tacir — person who traffics in commodities
- Azerbaijani: sövdəgər — person who traffics in commodities
- Bashkir: сауҙагәр (sawźagər) — person who traffics in commodities
- Belarusian: гандля́р (handljár) — person who traffics in commodities
- Belarusian: гандля́рка (handljárka) — person who traffics in commodities
- Belarusian: купе́ц (kupjéc) — person who traffics in commodities
- Bengali: বণিক (bonik) — person who traffics in commodities
- Bengali: ব্যবসায়ী (bêbśaẏi) — person who traffics in commodities
- Bulgarian: търго́вец (tǎrgóvec) — person who traffics in commodities
- Bulgarian: търго́вка (tǎrgóvka) — person who traffics in commodities
- Burmese: ကုန်သည် (kunsany) — person who traffics in commodities
- Catalan: mercader — person who traffics in commodities
- Chinese Cantonese: 商人 (soeng1 jan4) — person who traffics in commodities
- Chinese Cantonese: 商家 (soeng1 gaa1) — person who traffics in commodities
- Chinese Mandarin: 商人 (shāngrén) — person who traffics in commodities
- Chinese Mandarin: 商家 (shāngjiā) — person who traffics in commodities
- Czech: kupec — person who traffics in commodities
- Czech: obchodník — person who traffics in commodities
- Danish: købmand — person who traffics in commodities
- Dutch: koopman — person who traffics in commodities
- Dutch: koopvrouw — person who traffics in commodities
- Esperanto: komercisto — person who traffics in commodities
- Esperanto: komercistino — person who traffics in commodities
- Estonian: kaupmees — person who traffics in commodities
- Finnish: kauppias — person who traffics in commodities
- French: marchand — person who traffics in commodities
- French: marchande — person who traffics in commodities
- Georgian: ვაჭარი (vač̣ari) — person who traffics in commodities
- German: Kaufmann — person who traffics in commodities
- German: Kauffrau — person who traffics in commodities
- German: Händler — person who traffics in commodities
- Greek: έμπορος (émporos) — person who traffics in commodities
- Greek: έμπορας (émporas) — person who traffics in commodities
- Greek: εμπόρισσα (empórissa) — person who traffics in commodities
- Greek: εμπορευόμενος (emporevómenos) — person who traffics in commodities
- Ancient Greek: ἔμπορος (émporos) — person who traffics in commodities
- Hebrew: סוֹחֵר (sokhér) — person who traffics in commodities
- Hindi: व्यापारी (vyāpārī) — person who traffics in commodities
- Hindi: सौदागर (saudāgar) — person who traffics in commodities
- Hungarian: kereskedő — person who traffics in commodities
- Icelandic: kaupmaður — person who traffics in commodities
- Indonesian: saudagar — person who traffics in commodities
- Indonesian: pedagang — person who traffics in commodities
- Ingrian: torgumees — person who traffics in commodities
- Ingrian: kaupanmees — person who traffics in commodities
- Irish: ceannaí — person who traffics in commodities
- Italian: mercante — person who traffics in commodities
- Italian: mercantessa — person who traffics in commodities
- Italian: commerciante — person who traffics in commodities
- Japanese: 商人 (shōnin) — person who traffics in commodities
- Javanese: sodagar — person who traffics in commodities
- Javanese: wong dagang — person who traffics in commodities
- Old Javanese: waṇija — person who traffics in commodities
- Kazakh: саудагер (saudager) — person who traffics in commodities
- Kazakh: сатушы (satuşy) — person who traffics in commodities
- Khmer: អ្នកជំនួញ (nĕək cumnuəñ) — person who traffics in commodities
- Khmer: ឈ្មួញ (chmuəñ) — person who traffics in commodities
- Khmer: តាយប៉ាន (taay paan) — person who traffics in commodities
- Khmer: ពាណិជ (piənɨc) — person who traffics in commodities
- Korean: 상인 (sang'in) — person who traffics in commodities
- Central Kurdish: بازرگان (bazirgan) — person who traffics in commodities
- Northern Kurdish: tacîr — person who traffics in commodities
- Northern Kurdish: bazirgan — person who traffics in commodities
- Kyrgyz: соодагер (soodager) — person who traffics in commodities
- Lao: ກັບສິນຄ້າ (kap sin khā) — person who traffics in commodities
- Latin: mercator — person who traffics in commodities
- Latin: negotiator — person who traffics in commodities
- Latvian: lieltirgotājs — person who traffics in commodities
- Lithuanian: prekybininkas — person who traffics in commodities
- Macedonian: трговец (trgovec) — person who traffics in commodities
- Malay: pedagang — person who traffics in commodities
- Malay: saudagar — person who traffics in commodities
- Malay: biaperi — person who traffics in commodities
- Malayalam: വ്യാപാരി (vyāpāri) — person who traffics in commodities
- Maltese: merkantier — person who traffics in commodities
- Maltese: merkantiera — person who traffics in commodities
- Maltese: tas-suq — person who traffics in commodities
- Marathi: व्यापारी (vyāpārī) — person who traffics in commodities
- Mongolian: худалдаачин (xudaldaačin) — person who traffics in commodities
- Nahuatl: oztomecatl — person who traffics in commodities
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpmann — person who traffics in commodities
- Norwegian Bokmål: farmann — person who traffics in commodities
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpmann — person who traffics in commodities
- Norwegian Nynorsk: farmann — person who traffics in commodities
- Old English: massere — person who traffics in commodities
- Pali: vāṇija — person who traffics in commodities
- Pashto: تاجر (tājér) — person who traffics in commodities
- Pashto: سوداګر (sawdāgár) — person who traffics in commodities
- Pashto: وپاري (wapãṛi) — person who traffics in commodities
- Iranian Persian: تاجِر (tâjer) — person who traffics in commodities
- Iranian Persian: بازَرْگان (bâzargân) — person who traffics in commodities
- Iranian Persian: سُوْداگَر (sowdâgar) — person who traffics in commodities
- Plautdietsch: Koopmaun — person who traffics in commodities
- Polish: kupiec — person who traffics in commodities
- Polish: handlarz — person who traffics in commodities
- Polish: handlarka — person who traffics in commodities
- Portuguese: comerciante — person who traffics in commodities
- Portuguese: mercador — person who traffics in commodities
- Romanian: negustor — person who traffics in commodities
- Romanian: comerciant — person who traffics in commodities
- Russian: торго́вец (torgóvec) — person who traffics in commodities
- Russian: купе́ц (kupéc) — person who traffics in commodities
- Sanskrit: वाणिज (vāṇija) — person who traffics in commodities
- Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche — person who traffics in commodities
- Scottish Gaelic: màlair — person who traffics in commodities
- Scottish Gaelic: marsal — person who traffics in commodities
- Scottish Gaelic: malairtiche — person who traffics in commodities
- Serbo-Croatian: тр̀говац — person who traffics in commodities
- Serbo-Croatian: тр̀го̄вкиња — person who traffics in commodities
- Serbo-Croatian: tr̀govac — person who traffics in commodities
- Serbo-Croatian: tr̀gōvkinja — person who traffics in commodities
- Slovak: kupec — person who traffics in commodities
- Slovak: obchodník — person who traffics in commodities
- Slovene: trgovec — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: comerciante — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: mercader — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: mercadante — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: mercante — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: mercador (disused) — person who traffics in commodities
- Spanish: mercadero (disused) — person who traffics in commodities
- Swahili: mfanyabiashara — person who traffics in commodities
- Swedish: köpman — person who traffics in commodities
- Swedish: handlare — person who traffics in commodities
- Tajik: савдогар (savdogar) — person who traffics in commodities
- Tajik: тоҷир (tojir) — person who traffics in commodities
- Tajik: бозоргон (bozorgon) — person who traffics in commodities
- Tatar: сәүдәгәр (säwdägär) — person who traffics in commodities
- Telugu: వ్యాపారి (vyāpāri) — person who traffics in commodities
- Thai: วาณิช (waa-nít) — person who traffics in commodities
- Thai: คนค้า (kon-káa) — person who traffics in commodities
- Thai: พาณิช (paa-nít) — person who traffics in commodities
- Thai: พ่อค้า (pɔ̂ɔ-káa) — person who traffics in commodities
- Thai: แม่ค้า (mɛ̂ɛ-káa) — person who traffics in commodities
- Tocharian B: käryorttau — person who traffics in commodities
- Tocharian B: käryorttautsa — person who traffics in commodities
- Turkish: tüccar — person who traffics in commodities
- Turkish: tacir — person who traffics in commodities
- Turkmen: söwdagär — person who traffics in commodities
- Ukrainian: торго́вець (torhóvecʹ) — person who traffics in commodities
- Ukrainian: купе́ць (kupécʹ) — person who traffics in commodities
- Unami: mèmhalamùnt — person who traffics in commodities
- Urdu: سَوداگَر (saudāgar) — person who traffics in commodities
- Urdu: تاجِر (tājir) — person who traffics in commodities
- Uyghur: ئوقەتچى (oqetchi) — person who traffics in commodities
- Uyghur: تىجرەتچى (tijretchi) — person who traffics in commodities
- Uyghur: سودىگەر (sodiger) — person who traffics in commodities
- Uzbek: savdogar — person who traffics in commodities
- Vietnamese: thương gia — person who traffics in commodities
- Welsh: marsiandwr — person who traffics in commodities
- Welsh: marsiandwyr — person who traffics in commodities
- Yiddish: הענדלער (hendler) — person who traffics in commodities
- Yiddish: קויפֿמאַן (koyfman) — person who traffics in commodities
- Zulu: uḿhwebi — person who traffics in commodities
- Danish: købmand — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Danish: handelsmand — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Finnish: kauppias — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Italian: commerciante — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Italian: negoziante — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Macedonian: дуќанџија (duḱandžija) — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Bokmål: detaljist — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Bokmål: detaljhandler — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpmann — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Bokmål: handelsmann — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Nynorsk: detaljist — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Nynorsk: detaljhandlar — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpmann — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Norwegian Nynorsk: handelsmann — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Polish: właściciel sklepu — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Polish: właścicielka sklepu — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Swedish: köpman — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Swedish: handelsman — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Turkish: perakendeci — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Unami: mèmhalamùnt — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Welsh: marsiandwr — the owner or operator of a retail business
- Welsh: marsiandwyr — the owner or operator of a retail business
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