merchant
merchant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.] Shak.
- 2.One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]
- 3.Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. -- Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc. -- Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. -- Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
- 4.To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accountant
- against
- agent
- aid
- almoner
- arm
- auction
- auctioneer
- back
- banker
- batman
- bear
- bearer
- beat
- bring
- broker
- bull
- bursar
- bursary
- buyer
- cadger
- cambist
- camelot
- cash
- cashier
- cater
- caterer
- chandler
- changer
- chapman
- chose
- colporteur
- commissariat
- commissary
- comprador
- concern
- costermonger
- counter
- custom
- day
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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