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merchant
What does merchant mean?
merchant (noun): a businessperson engaged in retail trade.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use merchant in a sentence?
How do you pronounce merchant?
/ˈmɝtʃənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does merchant come from?
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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