English > merchant: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | A businessperson engaged in retail trade. |
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Synonym | merchandiser |
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Instances | Harrod, Charles Henry Harrod | English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885) |
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Harrod, Charles Digby Harrod | English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905) |
Narrower | baker | someone who bakes commercially |
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bookdealer, book seller | A dealer in books |
butcher, meatman | A retailer of meat |
clothier, haberdasher | A merchant who sells men's clothing |
grain merchant | A merchant who deals in food grains |
grocer | A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies) |
hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste | someone who makes and sells hats |
jeweler, jeweller | someone in the business of selling jewelry |
poultryman, poulterer | A dealer in poultry and poultry products |
retailer, retail merchant | A merchant who sells goods at retail |
rug merchant | A merchant who sells rugs |
salter, salt merchant | someone who makes or deals in salt |
schlockmeister, shlockmeister | (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior / inferior merchandise |
seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper | A merchant who owns or manages a shop |
stationer, stationery seller | A merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies |
trader, bargainer, dealer, monger | someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold |
venturer, merchant-venturer | A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas / overseas) |
vintner, wine merchant | someone who sells wine |
Broader | businessperson, bourgeois | A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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Spanish | comerciante, mercader, negociante |
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Catalan | comerciant, mercader, negociant |
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