grain merchant
- noun
- /ɡreɪn ˈmɜːrʧənt/
:
comerciante de granos
- You turned down the jeweller, the grain merchant.
Examples
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The grain merchant in our town sells fresh wheat and corn every Saturday.
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Well, uh, this grain merchant, you see, over in Muckley, he claimed that he'd actually seen it.
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After visiting the grain merchant, I bought a large bag of rice for the week.
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Many farmers rely on the grain merchant to sell their harvests to local markets.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
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2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
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6.7
A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants
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4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
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7.8
A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops
A person who grows or sells grain like wheat
A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
A person who trades goods with distant countries and takes big risks
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person or business that buys and sells food grains' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'grain' (edible seed) with 'merchant' (seller/business). This modifier+head noun compound follows a standard, cross-linguistic composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Grain merchant comes from markets long ago, where a merchant stood at a stall selling sacks of grain like wheat or rice. That's why the name means 'a person who buys and sells food grains'.