merchant
Syllables: mer·chantUK/ˈmɜːtʃənt//ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/
merchant noun: a person who traffics in commodities for profit.
Noun
merchant (plural merchants)
- A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- Synonyms:
- trader
- The owner or operator of a retail business.
- A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
- He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
- Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
- A supercargo.
Verb
merchant (third-person singular simple present merchants, present participle merchanting, simple past and past participle merchanted)
Proper noun capitalized: Merchant
Merchant
- A surname.
merchant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
merchant in Hindi
- person who traffics in commodities
- व्यापारी vyāpārī, सौदागर saudāgar
merchant in Tamil
- வியாபாரி, வணிகர்
merchant in Marathi
- person who traffics in commodities
- व्यापारी vyāpārī
merchant in Urdu
- person who traffics in commodities
- سَوداگَر saudāgar, تاجِر tājir
More languagesFewer languages
- merchant in Bengali
- বণিক bonik, ব্যবসায়ী bêbśaẏi
- merchant in Telugu
- వ్యాపారి vyāpāri
- merchant in Malayalam
- വ്യാപാരി vyāpāri
- merchant in Kannada
- ಹರದಿಗ, ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ, ವಣಿಕ, ವಣಿಜ
- merchant in Gujarati
- વાણિયો vāṇiyo
- merchant in Odia
- ବଣିଜାର baṇijāra
- merchant in Sanskrit
- वाणिज vāṇija
- merchant in Assamese
- বেপাৰী bepari, সাউ xau, বাণিজাৰ banizar
- merchant in Pashto
- تاجر tājér, سوداګر sawdāgár, وپاري wapãṛi
- merchant in Arabic
- تَاجِر tājir, تَاجِرَة tājira
- merchant in Malay
- pedagang, saudagar, biaperi
- merchant in Indonesian
- saudagar, pedagang
- merchant in Thai
- วาณิช waa-nít, คนค้า kon-káa, พาณิช paa-nít, พ่อค้า pɔ̂ɔ-káa
- merchant in Vietnamese
- thương gia
- merchant in Myanmar
- ကုန်သည် kunsany
Examples of merchant in a sentence
- I’ve heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.
- Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
- The merchant refused to travel in the region due to the ongoing banditry.
Synonyms of merchant
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Antonyms
Forms of merchant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | merchants |
| alternative form (obsolete) | marchant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | merchaunt |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | merchants |
| present participle | merchanting |
| past participle | merchanted |
| past | merchanted |
Origin of merchant
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
Words formed from merchant
- caper merchant
- coal merchant
- country merchant
- dole merchant
- fanny merchant
- feather merchant
- Happy Merchant
- hop merchant
- knockout merchant
- law merchant
- merchantability
- merchantable
- merchant bank
- merchant banker
- merchant ensign
- merchantess
- merchant flag
- merchant fleet
- merchanthood
- merchant iron
- merchantish
- merchantlike
- merchantly
- merchantman
- merchant marine
- merchant mariner
- merchant navy
- merchant of death
- merchant prince
- merchantry
- merchant seaman
- merchant ship
- merchant shipping
- merchant tailor
- merchant venturer
- merchantwoman
- nonmerchant
- rip-off merchant
- scrap merchant
- skin merchant
- sleaze-merchant
- speed merchant
- spin merchant
- timber merchant
- Turkey merchant
- wind-up merchant
- winemerchant
- wine merchant
Phrases with merchant
- laws merchant
- merchant banks
- merchant irons
- merchant ships
- merchant fleets
- merchant navies
- merchant seamen
- merchant bankers
- merchant ensigns
- merchant marines
- merchant princes
- merchant tailors
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Questions about merchant
- What does merchant mean?
- Merchant means a person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- What is merchant in Hindi?
- Merchant in Hindi is व्यापारी (vyāpārī), सौदागर (saudāgar). See Merchant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is merchant?
- Merchant can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce merchant?
- Merchant is pronounced /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of merchant?
- The plural of merchant is merchants.
Words near merchant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: merchant (page history and authors); Merchant (page history and authors); merchant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merchant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વાણિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ବଣିଜାର (Odia) (page history and authors); বাণিজাৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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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