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noun
A male merchant (person engaged in trade).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Synonyms: merchant, trader
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of merchant ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: merchant ship
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a cargo ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchant ship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cargo ship, cargo vessel
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English merchantman From merchant + -man.
