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merchantries

merchantries is the plural of merchantry.

Meaning of merchantry

Noun

merchantry (usually uncountable, plural merchantries)

  1. (dated, usually) The body of merchants taken collectively.
    • the merchantry of a country
  2. (dated, usually) The business of a merchant; merchandise.
    • I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species.1789, Horace Walpole, letter to Miss Hannah More

Questions about merchantries

What is merchantries the plural of?
Merchantries is the plural of merchantry.

Words near merchantries in the dictionary

  1. merchantish
  2. merchantlike
  3. merchantly
  4. merchantman
  5. merchantmen
  6. merchantries
  7. merchantry
  8. merchants
  9. merchants of death
  10. merchantship
  11. merchantships

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