mercat
mercat noun: market; trade. Also the obsolete form of meerkat.
Noun (1)
mercat (plural mercats)
Noun (2)
mercat (plural mercats)
- A mermaid cat.
- You can also open this project up to encompass other mercreatures, such as merdogs, mercats, or merdeer.1992, Aurelia Gomez, “Papier-mâché Mermaids”, in Crafts of Many Cultures: 30 Authentic Craft Projects from Around the World, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 22
- Madeline lived in a conch shell with her merdog called Byron and her mercat called Bella.1995, Anna Fienberg, “The Mermaid with Wild Yellow Hair”, in Madeline the Mermaid, Allen & Unwin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 1
Also used as
mercat is also the obsolete form of meerkat.
Examples of mercat in a sentence
- ‘To be honest, being a mercat – even a royal one – isn’t my thing.2012, Richard Dungworth, “Mercats and Hairbrushes”, in Mrs Greene, Mermaid Queen, Ladybird Books, →ISBN:
- ‘The mercats like the mulch!’ one of the little mermaids said, as the whole lot of them wriggled out of the seaweed basket and dived into the stuff.2018, Sibéal Pounder, “Hilma on the Chomp”, in Bad Mermaids: On the Rocks, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
Forms of mercat
| plural | mercats |
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Origin of mercat
From Latin mercātus. See market.
From Middle Dutch meercatte.
From mer- + cat.
Questions about mercat
- What does mercat mean?
- Mercat means market; trade.
- How do you use mercat in a sentence?
- ‘To be honest, being a mercat – even a royal one – isn’t my thing.
- What part of speech is mercat?
- Mercat is a noun.
- What is the plural of mercat?
- The plural of mercat is mercats.
Words near mercat in the dictionary
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