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country merchant

country merchant noun: synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”).

Noun

country merchant (plural country merchants)

  1. Synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”).
    • The wrapping paper bore the name of a country merchant. The robbers had purchased material for their masks at this country store[…]1916, Melville Davisson Post, “The Man Hunters”, in The Saturday Evening Post
    Synonyms:
    country store

Synonyms of country merchant

Forms of country merchant

pluralcountry merchants

Questions about country merchant

What does country merchant mean?
Country merchant means synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”).
What part of speech is country merchant?
Country merchant is a noun.
What is the plural of country merchant?
The plural of country merchant is country merchants.

Words near country merchant in the dictionary

  1. country houses
  2. country Joan
  3. country Joans
  4. country lane
  5. country lanes
  6. country merchant
  7. country merchants
  8. country mice
  9. country mile
  10. country miles
  11. country mouse

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