Merchant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɜːrtʃənt|
Brit.
|ˈmɜːtʃ(ə)nt|
noun
- a businessperson engaged in retail trade
Extra examples
Merchants traveled hundreds of miles to trade in the city.
The town's merchants closed their shops during the parade.
Prizes were given by local merchants.
...a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth...
...the pirate ship was laden with the pillage of merchant ships from across the Spanish Main...
The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry.
The old merchant joyed at the return of his son.
He had a job with an Edinburgh wine merchant.
Word forms
noun
singular: merchant
plural: merchants
singular: merchant
plural: merchants
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