merchant
Plural: merchants
Noun
- a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- The owner or operator of a retail business.
- A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
- A supercargo.
Verb
Verb Forms: merchanted, merchanting, merchants
- To buy and sell goods for profit; to trade commercially.
- As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
Examples
- A shrewd player will MERCHANT their tiles for maximum Words With Friends advantage.
- Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
- He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“I trade, deal, sell”).
Synonyms
merchandiser, chandler, chapman, dealer, haggler, hawker, huckster, merchant, monger, peddler, retailer, salesperson, seller, shopkeeper, shoppie, storekeep, trader, vendor
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
merchant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmerchant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
merchant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary