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noun
A female merchant (person engaged in trade).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Synonyms: merchantess, merchant, trader
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English merchantwoman From merchant + -woman.
