merchanter
- noun
- /ˈmɜrʧəntər/
- Archaic
:
comerciante
- For years, the family-owned merchanter imported spices from around the world to sell at their market.
Examples
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During the festival, several merchanters set up stalls to offer handmade crafts and local foods.
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The local merchanter quickly processed the shipment of electronics for the retail store.
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Anyway, some greasy merchanter called her an ugly whore of a painted bastard, something along those lines, and that sent Pinto of "A pause."
Fiction book (1990) -
The bitter scent of spilled ambergloss permeated the air, and the floors were unswept, but otherwise the place was clean, uncluttered, and totally without character, a standard station bar servicing merchanters and soldiers.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
279
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
257
1.0
A person or company that offers goods for money
257
2.0
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
227
2.7
A person or business that buys and sells items like art and cars
203
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
23
6.7
A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants
22
3.5
A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops
14
3.4
A person or company that buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops
3
4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
A person or business that sells to customers
A person or company that sells goods to people in small amounts for them to use
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Merchanter is related to the common word merchant and to merchandise, coming from an old word merx that meant 'goods'. So a merchanter is someone or a company that buys, sells, or moves goods.