mercer
/ˈmɜːsə//ˈmɝsɚ/
mercer noun: a merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
Noun
mercer (plural mercers)
- A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
- ... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
- He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Mercer
Mercer
- A surname.
- A village on the Waikato River, Waikato region, New Zealand.
- A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
- A township in Adams County, Iowa.
- A town in Somerset County, Maine, named after Hugh Mercer.
- A minor city in Mercer County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
- A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, named after Hugh Mercer; formerly, Milan.
- A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- A borough, the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Named after Hugh Mercer.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin.
mercer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mercer in Hindi
- मर्सर
mercer in Tamil
- உயர்தரத் துணிவகை, வணிகர்
mercer in Urdu
- بزاز, کپڑا بیچنے والا
mercer in Bengali
- রেশম, দামি কাপড়ের বণিক
More languagesFewer languages
- mercer in Telugu
- మెర్సర్, మెర్సుర్
- mercer in Malayalam
- മെർസർ, മർസർ
- mercer in Kannada
- ಮೆರ್ಸರ್
- mercer in Gujarati
- મર્સર
- mercer in Odia
- ମର୍ସର୍, ମାର୍ସର
- mercer in Nepali
- मर्सर
Forms of mercer
| plural | mercers |
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Origin of mercer
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).
English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.
Words formed from mercer
Words that rhyme with mercer
Questions about mercer
- What does mercer mean?
- Mercer means a merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
- What is mercer in Hindi?
- Mercer in Hindi is मर्सर. See Mercer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mercer?
- Mercer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mercer?
- Mercer is pronounced /ˈmɝsɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of mercer?
- The plural of mercer is mercers.
Words near mercer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mercer (page history and authors); Mercer (page history and authors); mercer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mercer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mercer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mercer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mercer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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