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merchaunt

merchaunt is the obsolete form of merchant.

Meaning of merchant

Noun

merchant (plural merchants)

  1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
    Synonyms:
    trader
  2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
  3. 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...
  4. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
    • He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
  5. (obsolete) A supercargo.

See all 7 meanings of merchant

Forms of merchaunt

pluralmerchaunts

Questions about merchaunt

What is merchaunt the obsolete form of?
Merchaunt is the obsolete form of merchant.

Words near merchaunt in the dictionary

  1. merchantwomen
  2. merchaundise
  3. merchaundises
  4. merchaundize
  5. merchaundizes
  6. merchaunt
  7. merchaunts
  8. merched
  9. mercheen
  10. mercheens
  11. merches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merchaunt (page history and authors); merchant (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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